Dye mixtures of fiber-reactive azo dyes, their preparation and use

ABSTRACT

Reactive dye mixtures comprising one or more dyes of the general formula (I), 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     one or more dyes of the general formula (II) 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     and optionally one or more dyes of the general formula (III) 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
     where D 1 , D 2 , D 3 , D 4 , D 5 , R 0 , R*, R**, T, b, f, v, and M are as defined in claim  1 , the dyes of the general formulae (I)-(III) containing at least one fiber-reactive group of the formula —SO 2 -Z or -Z 2 , are prepared and used for dyeing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-containing fiber material.

The invention is situated within the technical field of thefiber-reactive azo dyes.

Mixed fiber-reactive azo dyes and their use for dyeing hydroxyl- andcarboxamide-containing material in black shades are known for examplefrom the documents U.S. Pat. No. 5,445,654, U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,821, KR94-2560, Sho 58-160362 and EP-A-0 870 807. However, they do have certainapplication defects, such as for example an overly large dependence ofthe color yield on varying dyeing parameters in the dyeing operation, oran insufficient or unlevel color buildup on cotton (good color buildupresults from the ability of a dye to provide a proportionally strongerdyeing when used in higher concentrations in the dyebath). Consequencesof these defects may for example be poor reproducibilities for thedyeings that are obtainable, ultimately impacting on the economics ofthe dyeing operation.

Consequently, there continues to be a need for new reactive dyes andmixtures thereof with improved properties, such as high substantivitycoupled with the capacity for unfixed portions to be washed off.Moreover, they must also provide good dyeing yields and possess highreactivity, and ought in particular to give dyeings with high degrees offixation.

The present invention, then, provides dye mixtures which possess theseabove-described properties to a high degree. The novel dye mixtures arenotable in particular for high yields of fixation and ease of wash-offof the portions not fixed on the fiber. In addition, the dyeings possessgood general fastness properties, such as high light fastness and verygood wet fastnesses, for example, and exhibit little tendency to stainpolyamide in the case of cotton/polyamide blends.

The invention accordingly provides dye mixtures comprising one or more,such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of the hereinbelowindicated and defined general formula (I)

one or more, such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of thehereinbelow indicated and defined general formula (II)

and optionally one or more, such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2,dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined general formula (III)

where:D¹, D², D³, D⁴ and D⁵ independently are each a group of the generalformula (1)

-   -   where    -   R¹ and R² independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,        (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido,        ureido or halogen; and    -   X¹ is hydrogen or a group of the formula —SO₂-Z,        -   where        -   Z is —CH═CH₂, —CH₂CH₂Z¹ or hydroxyl,            -   where            -   Z¹ is hydroxyl or an alkali-eliminable group; or                D¹, D² D³, D⁴ and D⁵ independently are each a naphthyl                group of the general formula (2)

-   -   where    -   R³ and R⁴ independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,        (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido,        ureido or halogen; and    -   X² is as defined for X¹; or        D¹, D², D³, D⁴ and D⁵ independently are each a group of the        general formula (3)

-   -   where    -   R⁵ and R⁶ independently each have one of the meanings of R¹ and        R²;    -   R⁷ is hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, or phenyl which is unsubstituted        or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, sulfo, halogen        or carboxyl; and    -   Z² is a group of the general formula (4) or (5) or (6)

-   -   -   where        -   V is fluoro or chloro;        -   U¹ and U² independently are each fluoro, chloro or hydrogen;            and        -   Q¹ and Q² independently are each chloro, fluoro, cyanamido,            hydroxyl, (C₁-C₆)-alkoxy, phenoxy, sulfophenoxy, mercapto,            (C₁-C₆)-alkylmercapto, pyridino, carboxypyridino,            carbamoylpyridino or a group of the general formula (7) or            (8)

-   -   -   -   where            -   R⁸ is hydrogen or (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, sulfo-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl, or                phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by                (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,                -   (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, sulfa, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido                    or ureido;            -   R⁹ and R¹⁰ independently each have one of the meanings                of R⁸ or form a cyclic ring system of the formula                —(CH₂)_(j)— where j is 4 or 5, or alternatively                (CH₂)₂-E-(CH₂)₂—, where E is oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl or                —NR¹¹, where R¹¹ is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl;            -   W is phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by                1 or 2 substituents, such as (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,                C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, carboxyl, sulfa, chloro or bromo, or is                (C₁-C₄)-alkylene-arylene or (C₂-C₆)-alkylene which may                be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl, amino,                carbonyl or carboxamido, or is phenylene-CONH-phenylene                which is unsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,                (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureido                or halogen, or is naphthylene which is unsubstituted or                substituted by one or two sulfo groups; and

        -   Z is as defined above; or            D¹, D², D³, D⁴ and D⁵ independently are each a group of the            general formula (9)

-   -   where    -   R¹² is hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, aryl or a substituted aryl        radical;    -   R¹³ and R¹⁴ independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,        (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido,        ureido or halogen; and    -   A is a phenylene group of the general formula (10)

-   -   -   where        -   R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,            (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro,            amido, ureido or halogen; or

    -   A is a naphthylene group of the general formula (11)

-   -   -   where        -   R¹⁷ and R¹⁸ independently are hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,            (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro,            amido, ureido or halogen; or

    -   A is a polymethylene group of the general formula (12)

—(CR¹⁹R²⁰)_(k)—  (12)

-   -   -   where        -   k is an integer greater than 1 and        -   R¹⁹ and R²⁰ independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,            (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, cyano, amido, halogen or aryl; and

    -   X³ has one of the meanings of X¹; and

-   R⁰ is a group of the general formula (4) or (5) or is a group of the    general formula (13)

-   -   where;    -   R²¹ is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, sulfo-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl, carboxy-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl        or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by        (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, sulfo, halogen, carboxyl,        acetamido or ureido; and        b, f and v independently are each 0 or 1; and        R*, and R** independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl or a        group of the formula (14)

—CH₂—SO₃M  (14);

T is hydroxyl or NH₂, and if T is NH₂ v is 0, andM is hydrogen, an alkali metal or an equivalent of an alkaline earthmetal, with the exception of mixtures composed of dyes of the generalformula (I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R^(1′) and R^(2′) independently are each hydrogen orsulfo and X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula —SO₂Z where Z is asdefined above, and of dyes of the general formula (II), where R* and R**independently are each hydrogen or(C₁-C₄)-alkyl.

The dyes of the general formula (I)-(III) contain at least onefiber-reactive group of the formula —SO₂-Z or -Z².

The individual symbols in the general formulae above and below may haveidentical or different meanings within their definitions, irrespectiveof whether the symbols bear the same or a different designation.

(C₁-C₄)-alkyl R may be straight-chain or branched and is in particularmethyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl ortert-butyl. Methyl and ethyl are preferred. The same logic applies to(C₁-C₄)-alkoxy groups.

Aryl R is in particular phenyl. Substituted aryl R⁸ to R¹⁰, R¹² or R²¹is in particular phenyl substituted by one, two or three independentgroups selected from (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo,carboxyl, amido and halogen.

Halogen R is in particular fluoro, chloro or bromo, and fluoro andchloro are preferred.

Alkali-eliminable Z¹ in the β-position of the ethyl group of Z includesfor example halogen atoms, such as chloro and bromo, ester groups oforganic carboxylic and sulfonic acids, such as alkylcarboxylic acids,unsubstituted or substituted benzenecarboxylic acids and unsubstitutedor substituted benzenesulfonic acids, such as alkanoyloxy of 2 to 5carbon atoms, especially acetyloxy, benzoyloxy, sulfobenzoyloxy,phenylsulfonyloxy, and tolylsulfonyloxy, also acidic ester groups ofinorganic acids, such as of phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, andthiosulfuric acid (phosphate, sulfato, and thiosulfato groups), and alsodialkylamino groups with alkyl groups each of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, suchas dimethylamino and diethylamino.

Z is preferably vinyl, β-chloroethyl, and, with particular preferenceβ-sulfatoethyl.

The groups “sulfo”, “carboxyl”, “thiosulfato”, “phosphato”, and“sulfato” include not only their acid form but also their salt form.Accordingly, sulfo groups are groups conforming to the general formula—SO₃M, thiosulfato groups are groups conforming to the general formula—S—SO₃M, carboxyl groups are groups conforming to the general formula—COOM, phosphate groups are groups conforming to the general formula—OPO₃M₂, and sulfato groups are groups conforming to the general formula—OSO₃M, in each of which M is as defined above.

The dyes of the general formulae (I) to (III) may possess differentfiber-reactive groups —SO₂Z within the definition of Z. In particular,the fiber-reactive groups —SO₂Z may on the one hand be vinylsulfonylgroups and on the other hand be —CH₂CH₂Z¹, groups, preferablyβ-sulfatoethylsulfonyl groups. If the dyes of the general formulae (I)to (III) contain vinylsulfonyl groups in some instances, then thefraction of the respective dye with the vinylsulfonyl group is up toabout 30 mol %, based on the respective total dye quantity.

Alkali M is in particular lithium, sodium or potassium. M is preferablyhydrogen or sodium.

R* and R** in the general formula (II) are independently each preferablyhydrogen, methyl or a group of the formula (14), more preferablyhydrogen or a group of the formula (14).

R¹ and R² are preferably hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, sulfoor carboxyl, and more preferably hydrogen, methyl, methoxy or sulfo.

R³ to R⁶ and R¹² to R²⁰ are preferably hydrogen, and R³ to R⁶ and R¹⁷and R¹⁸ are preferably sulfo, moreover.

R⁷ to R¹⁰ are preferably hydrogen or methyl, R⁷ and R⁸ are preferablyalso phenyl, and R⁹ and R¹⁰ are preferably 2-sulfoethyl, 2-, 3- or4-sulfophenyl, or R⁹ and R¹⁰ form a cyclic ring system which ispreferably of the formula —(CH₂)₂—O—(CH₂)₂—.

Examples of groups D¹ to D⁵ of the general formulae (1) and (2) are2-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 3-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-carboxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-chloro-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-chloro-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-bromo-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-sulfo-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-sulfo-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-ethoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methyl-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2- or 3- or4-(β-thiosulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-(β-thiosulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-sulfo-4-(β-phosphatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2- or 3- or4-vinylsulfonylphenyl, 2-sulfo-4-vinylsulfonylphenyl,2-chloro-4-(β-chloroethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-chloro-5-(β-chloroethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 3- or4-(β-aetoxyethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 6- or8-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)naphth-2-yl,6-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)1-sulfonaphth-2-yl and8-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-6-sulfonaphth-2-yl, preferably3-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-sulfo-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl and 3- or4-vinylsulfonylphenyl, or D¹ to D⁵ correspond to a group of the generalformula (3) or (9), where R⁵ to R⁷ and R¹² to R¹⁴ possess the preferreddefinitions described above.

Where D¹ to D⁵ are a group of the general formula (1) and X¹ is SO₂Z,the SO₂Z-group is preferably positioned meta or para to the diazo group,and, where D¹ to D⁵ are a group of the general formula (2), the bondleading to the diazo group preferably attaches to the naphthalenenucleus in the β-position.

Where A is phenylene and X³ is —SO₂Z, the SO₂Z group is preferablypositioned meta or para to the nitrogen atom. In the group of thegeneral formula (9) the carboxamido group is preferably positioned paraor meta to the diazo group. Where A is naphthylene the bond leading tothe nitrogen atom preferably attaches to the naphthalene nucleus in theβ-position.

Examples of substituents A are, in particular, 1,2-phenylene,1,3-phenylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-chloro-1,4-phenylene,2-chloro-1,5-phenylene, 2-bromo-1,4-phenylene, 2 sulfo-1,4-phenylene,2-sulfo-1,5-phenylene, 2-methoxy-1,5-phenylene, 2-ethoxy-1,5-phenylene,2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylene, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene,2-methyl-1,4-phenylene, 2,6-naphthylene, 2,8-naphthylene,1-sulfo-2,6-naphthylene, 6-sulfo-2,8-naphthylene, or 1,2-ethylene and1,3-propylene.

More preferably, A is 1,3-phenylene, 1,4-phenylene,2-sulfo-1,4-phenylene, 2-methoxy-1,5-phenylene,2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylene, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene or1,2-ethylene and 1,3-propylene, and, in the case of the twolast-mentioned alkylene groups, the radical R is preferably phenyl or2-sulfophenyl. k is preferably the number 2 or 3.

W is preferably 1,3-phenylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-sulfo-1,4-phenylene,2-methoxy-1,5-phenylene, 2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylene,2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene, 1,2-ethylene, 1,3-propylene.

Examples of the groups Q¹ and Q² in the general formula (5) areindependently fluoro, chloro, hydroxyl, methoxy, ethoxy, phenoxy,3-sulfophenoxy, 4-sulfophenoxy, methylmercapto, cyanamido, amino,methylamino, ethylamino, morpholino, piperidino, phenylamino,methylphenylamino, 2-sulfophenylamino, 3-sulfophenylamino,4-sulfophenylamino, 2,4-disulfophenylamino, 2,5-disulfophenylamino,2-sulfoethylamino, N-methyl-2-sulfoethylamino, pyridino,3-carboxypyridino, 4-carboxypyridino, 3-carbamoylpyridino,4-carbamoylpyridino, 2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,N-ethyl-3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,N-ethyl-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-carboxy-5-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino),2-chloro-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-chloro-5-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-bromo-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-sulfo-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-sulfo-5-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-methoxy-5-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2,5-dimethoxy-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-methyl-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,2-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino), N-ethyl-3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,N-ethyl-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,6-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)naphth-2-ylamino,8-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)naphth-2-ylamino,8-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-6-sulfo-naphth-2-ylamino,3-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,4-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,3-(2-(vinylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,4-(2-(2-vinylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,4-(N-methyl-2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,4-(N-phenyl-2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,4-(3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,4-(4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,3-(3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,3-(4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)propylamino,N-methyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)-amino,N-phenyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)-amino, orN-phenyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)propyl)-amino.

Preferably, the groups Q¹ and Q² in the general formula (5) areindependently fluoro, chloro, cyanamido, morpholino, 2-sulfophenylamino,3-sulfophenylamino, 4-sulfophenylamino, N-methyl-2-sulfoethylamino,3-carboxypyridino, 4-carboxypyridino, 3-carbamoylpyridino,4-carbamoylpyridino, 3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino),4-(3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,4-(4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,3-(3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,3-(4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,N-methyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)-amino, orN-phenyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)-amino.

More preferably, the groups Q¹ and Q² in the general formula (5) areindependently fluoro, chloro, cyanamido, morpholino, 2-sulfophenylamino,3-sulfophenylamino, 4-sulfophenylamino,3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino),N-methyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)-amino, orN-phenyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)-amino.

Examples of the group Z are 2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl,4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl, 5-chloro-2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl,5-chloro-4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl, 4,5-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl,5-chloro-4-fluoropyrimidin-6-yl, 2,4,5-trichloropyrimidin-6-yl,4,5-dichloropyrimidin-6-yl, 2,4-dichloropyrimidin-6-yl,4-fluoropyrimidin-6-yl, 4-chloropyrimidin-6-yl, or a group of thegeneral formula (5) with the above-indicated examples for Q¹ and Q², ora group of the general formula (6).

Preferably, Z² is 2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl,4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl, 5-chloro-2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl,5-chloro-4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl or a group of the general formula(5) having the above-indicated preferred groups Q¹ and Q².

More preferably, Z² is 2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl,5-chloro-2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl or a group of the general formula(5) having the above-indicated particularly preferred groups Q¹ and Q².

In formula (III) T is preferably hydroxyl or amino, attached α to thenaphthalene nucleus, hydroxyl being very preferred.

b and v are preferably 1 and f is preferably 0.

R⁰ especially preferably is acetyl, 2,4-dichloro-1,3,5-triazin-6-yl or2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl.

The dye mixtures of the invention contain disazo dyes of the generalformula (I) in an amount of 30 to 95% by weight, preferably 50 to 90% byweight, and dyes of the general formulae (II) and (III) independentlyeach in an amount of 1 to 70% by weight, preferably 5 to 50% by weight.

Optionally, the dye mixtures of the invention may also contain one ormore monoazo dyes of the general formula (15) to (18) in an amount of upto 10% by weight, preferably up to 5% by weight,

where D², D³, M, R* and R** are each as defined above.

Preferably, D² and D³ independently are each3-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-sulfo-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 3- or4-vinylsulfonyl-phenyl, 2-sulfo-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylor 2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl.

The dye mixtures of the invention may where appropriate further containone or more, such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes having, forexample, the hereinbelow indicated and defined general formulae(Ga)-(Gf), as further mixing or shading components

where

-   D⁶, D⁷, D⁸, D⁹ and D¹⁰ possess one of the meanings of D¹, D², D³, D⁴    or D⁵, where D⁸ if R³¹ is not a group of the general formula (4) or    (5), and also D⁷ or D⁸ and D¹⁰ contain at least one fiber-reactive    group of the formula —SO₂Z or Z²;-   R³¹ is hydrogen, acetyl, carbamoyl, sulfomethyl, or a group of the    general formula (4-1) or (5-1)

-   -   where    -   V¹ is fluoro or chloro;    -   U¹¹ and U²¹ independently are each fluoro, chloro or hydrogen;        and    -   Q¹¹ and Q²¹ independently are each chloro, fluoro, cyanamido,        hydroxyl, (C₁-C₆)-alkoxy, phenoxy, sulfophenoxy, mercapto,        (C₁-C₆)-alkylmercapto, pyridino, carboxypyridino,        carbamoylpyridino or a group of the general formula (7-1) or        (8-1)

-   -   where    -   R⁸¹ is hydrogen or (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, sulfo-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl, or phenyl        which is unsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,        (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido;    -   R⁹¹ and R¹⁰⁰ independently each have one of the meanings of R⁸¹        or form a cyclic ring system of the formula —(CH₂)_(j)— where j        is 4 or 5, or alternatively —(CH₂)₂-E-(CH₂)₂—, where E is        oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl or —NR¹¹, where R¹¹ is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl;    -   W¹ is phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2        substituents, such as (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, carboxyl,        sulfa, chloro or bromo, or is (C₁-C₄)-alkylene-arylene or        -   (C₂-C₆)-alkylene which may be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur,            sulfonyl, amino, carbonyl or carboxamido, or is            phenylene-CONH-phenylene which is unsubstituted or            substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl,            sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureido or halogen, or is naphthylene            which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two sulfo            groups; and

-   Z is as defined above, and

-   R³² is hydrogen or sulfomethyl,

-   R³³ is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl with C₁- to C₄-alkyl,

-   R³⁴ is hydrogen or methyl,

-   R³⁵ is hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, carboxyl or sulfomethyl,

-   R³⁶ is methyl, ethyl or β-sulfoethyl,

-   R³⁷ is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl with C₁- to C₄-alkyl,

-   R³⁸ is acetamido, ureido or methyl,

-   R³⁹ is hydrogen, methyl or methoxy,

-   m is 0 or 1,

-   n is 1, 2 or 3,

-   Z³ has one of the meanings of Z², and    M and Z have one of the abovementioned meanings, with the exception    of mixtures composed of dyes of the general formula (I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R^(1′) and R^(2′) independently are each hydrogen orsulfo and X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula —SO₂Z, where Z is asdefined above, of dyes of the general formula (II), where R* and R**independently are each hydrogen or(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, and of dyes of the general formula (Gb), where R³² ishydrogen.

Preferred dye mixtures comprise one or more, such as two or three,preferably 1 or 2 dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (I)

one or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (II)

and one or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (III-a)

where D¹, D², D³, D⁴, D⁵, R*, R*, R**, f and M are as defined above.

Additionally, preferred dye mixtures are those comprising one or more,such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of the hereinbelowindicated and defined general formula (I)

and one or more, such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of thehereinbelow indicated and defined general formula (II-b)

whereR^(21b) and R^(22b) independently are each hydrogen or (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,D¹, D², D³, D⁴, and M are as defined above, excepting from the generalformula (I) the dyes of the general formula (I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R¹ and R² independently are each hydrogen or sulfoand X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula —SO₂Z, where Z is asdefined above.

Additionally, preferred mixtures comprise one or more dyes of thegeneral formula (I)

where D¹, D², and M are as defined aboveand one or more dyes of the general formula (II)

where D³, D⁴, R*, R** and M are as defined above,and also one or more dyes of the general formulae (Ga) to (Gf).

Further preferred dye mixtures comprise one or more, such as two orthree, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and definedgeneral formula (I),

and one or more, such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of thehereinbelow indicated and defined general formula (II-a)

whereD¹, D², D³, R* and M are as defined above.

With particular preference D¹, D², D³, and D⁴ independently are each3-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-sulfo-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 3- or4-vinylsulfonylphenyl, 2-sulfo-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl,2-methoxy-5-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylor 2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenyl.

Further preferred reactive dye mixtures of the invention comprise atleast one dye of the general formula (I-b)

and at least one dye of the general formula (II-c)

where, if R* is hydrogen or C₁ to C₄ alkyl, in the general formula (I-b)R¹⁰¹ and R¹⁰² independently are each hydrogen or sulfo if R¹⁰³ ishydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen and R¹⁰⁴ isC₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen, or R¹⁰³ and R¹⁰⁴independently are each hydrogen or sulfo if R¹⁰¹ is hydrogen,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen and R¹⁰² is C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen; furthermore, in the general formula(I-b) R¹⁰¹ to R¹⁰⁴ are preferably independently each C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen. In formula (II-c) R¹⁰⁵ to R¹⁰⁸independently are each preferably hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,sulfo, carboxyl or halogen, R* is as defined above, and 7 in formula(I-b) and (II-c) is vinyl or β-sulfatoethyl.

Moreover, preferred dye mixtures are those which comprise at least onedye of the general formula (I-b)

at least one dye of the general formula (II-c)

and at least one dye of the general formula (III-b)

where M, Z, R* and R⁰ are as defined above and R¹⁰¹ to R¹¹⁰independently are each hydrogen, methyl, methoxy or sulfo.

Particularly preferred mixtures of the invention comprise one or moredyes of the general formula (I-b)

one or more dyes of the general formula (II-d)

and one or more dyes of the general formula (III-b)

in the general formulae (I-b), (II-d) and (III-b), M and Z are asdefined above.

In the general formulae (I-b), (II-d), and (III-b) R¹⁰¹ to R¹¹⁰independently are each preferably hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,sulfo, carboxyl or halogen and Z is vinyl or β-sulfatoethyl; with veryparticular preference, in the formulae (I-b), (II-d), and (III-b) R¹⁰¹to R¹¹⁰ independently are each hydrogen, methyl, methoxy or sulfo and Zis vinyl or β-sulfatoethyl.

In the general formula (III-b) R⁰ is as defined above.

Further preferred dye mixtures comprise at least one dye of the generalformula (I-b)

at least one dye of the general formula (II-c)

at least one dye of the general formula (II-c)

and at least one dye of the general formulae (Ga) to (Gf), where M, Z,R*, T and f are as defined above, R¹⁰¹ to R¹⁰⁸ and R²⁰¹ and R²⁰²independently are each hydrogen, methyl, methoxy or sulfo, and D⁶ toD¹⁰, R³¹ to R³⁹, m, n, and Z³ are as defined above.

The dye mixtures of the invention can be present as a preparation insolid or liquid (dissolved) form. In solid form they contain, to theextent necessary, the electrolyte salts customary in the case ofwater-soluble and especially fiber-reactive dyes, such as sodiumchloride, potassium chloride, and sodium sulfate, and may furtherinclude the auxiliaries customary in commercial dyes, such as buffersubstances capable of setting a pH in aqueous solution of between 3 and7, such as sodium acetate, sodium citrate, sodium borate, sodiumhydrogencarbonate, sodium dihydrogenphosphate, and disodiumhydrogenphosphate, and also dyeing auxiliaries, dustproofing agents, andsmall amounts of siccatives; when they are present in a liquid, aqueoussolution (including a content of thickeners of the type customary inprint pastes) they may also include substances which ensure a long lifefor these preparations, such as mold preventatives, for example.

In solid form, the dye mixtures of the invention are generally presentas powders or granules which contain electrolyte salt (and which willhereinbelow generally be referred to as preparations) wilt or withoutone or more of the abovementioned auxiliaries. Within the preparationsthe dye mixture is present at 20 to 90% by weight, based on thepreparation comprising it. The buffer substances are generally presentin a total amount of up to 5% by weight, based on the preparation.

When the dye mixtures of the invention are present in aqueous solution,the total dye content of these aqueous solutions is up to about 50% byweight, such as between 5 and 50% by weight, for example, and theelectrolyte salt content of these aqueous solutions is preferably below10% by weight, based on the aqueous solution; the aqueous solutions(liquid preparations) may contain the aforementioned buffer substancesin an amount which is generally up to 5% by weight, preferably up to 2%by weight.

Dyes of the general formula (1) are described in large numbers in theliterature and are known, for example, from the U.S. Pat. No. 2,657,205and from the Japanese published patent application Sho-58-160 362, andalso from the U.S. Pat. No. 4,257,770 and the literature cited therein,while dyes of the general formula (II) are described in DE 1 96 00 765A1. Dyes of the general formula (III) are likewise described in largenumbers and obtainable by standard synthesis methods. Dyes of thegeneral formulae (15) to (18) are formed in some cases during thesynthesis of dyes of the general formulae (I) and (II) and are likewiseobtainable by standard synthesis methods. Dyes of the general formula(15) and (16) are normally employed as shading components. Dyes of theformula (Ga)-(Gf) are known from the literature and obtainable bystandard methods.

The dye mixtures of the invention are preparable in a conventionalmanner, as by mechanical mixing of the individual dyes, either in theform of their dye powders or granules or of their synthesis solutions,or in the form of aqueous solutions of the individual dyes generally,which may additionally include customary auxiliaries, or by conventionaldiazotization and coupling of suitable mixtures of diazo components andcoupling components in the desired proportions.

For example, when the diazo components bearing the groups D¹, D⁴, and D⁵as per the general formulae (I), (II), and (III) possess the samedefinitions (D¹=D⁴=D⁵) an amine of the general formula (19)

D¹-NH₂  (19),

where D¹ is as defined above, can be diazotized in conventional mannerand the resulting diazonium compound then reacted with an aqueoussolution or suspension of a mixture in definable proportion of a monoazodye of the general formula (15), a monoazo dye of the general formula(17), and a coupling component of the general formula (20)

where T, R⁰, M, b, f and v are as defined above.

Where the groups D² and D³ and also D¹, D⁴, and D⁵ as per the generalformulae (I), (II) and (III) possess the same definition (D²=D³ andD¹=D⁴=D⁵) the dye mixture of the invention may be prepared byconventionally diazotizing an amine of the general formula (21)

D²NH₂  (21),

where D² is as defined above, and coupling the product to a mixture ofthe coupling components of the general formulae (22) and (23)

where M, R*, and R** are as defined above, at a pH below 3 in a firststage, adding a further coupling component of the general formula (20)to the resultant reaction mixture, and then diazotizing an amine of thegeneral formula (19) and coupling the product to the resultant mixtureof the monoazo dyes of the general formulae (15) and (17) and also thecoupling component of the general formula (20).

Alternatively, where the groups D¹ to D⁵ as per the general formulae(I), (II) and (III) possess the same definition (D¹=D²=D³=D⁴=D⁵), thedye mixture of the invention can be prepared by conventionallydiazotizing an amine of the general formula (19) and coupling theproduct to a mixture in defined proportion of the coupling components ofthe general formulae (20), (22), and (23) first at a pH below 3 in afirst stage to give a mixture of the monoazo dyes of the generalformulae (15) and (17) and also the coupling component of the generalformula (20), and subsequently raising the pH to carry out the secondcoupling to give the mixture of the dyes of the general formulae (I),(II), and (III).

The dye mixture of the invention is isolated in conventional manner bysalting out for example with sodium chloride or potassium chloride or byspray drying or evaporative concentration.

Likewise, the solutions obtained during the synthesis of the dyes of thegeneral formulae (I), (II), and (III) may be used directly as liquidpreparations for dyeing, where appropriate following addition of abuffer substance and where appropriate following concentration.

Dye mixtures which as well as β-chloroethylsulfonyl orβ-thiosulfatoethylsulfonyl or β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl groups containvinylsulfonyl groups as reactive radicals as well can be synthesized notonly starting from appropriately substituted vinylsulfonyl anilines ornaphthylamines but also by reaction of a dye mixture where Z isβ-chloroethyl, β-thiosulfatoethyl, or β-sulfatoethyl with an amount ofalkali required for the desired fraction, and conversion of theaforementioned β-substituted ethylsulfonyl groups into vinylsulfonylgroups. This conversion is effected in the manner familiar to theskilled worker.

The dye mixtures of the invention possess useful performance properties.They are used for dyeing or printing hydroxyl- and/orcarboxamido-containing materials, in the form for example of sheetlikestructures, such as paper and leather or of films, composed for exampleof polyamide, or in bulk, as for example polyamide and polyurethane, butespecially for dyeing and printing these materials in fiber form.Similarly, the as-synthesized solutions of the dye mixtures of theinvention can be used directly as a liquid preparation for dyeing, whereappropriate following addition of a buffer substance and also, whereappropriate, following concentration or dilution.

The present invention accordingly also provides for the use of the dyemixtures of the invention for dyeing or printing these materials, ormethods of dyeing or printing such materials in conventional ways, whichcomprise using a dye mixture of the invention or its individualcomponents (dyes) individually together as colorant(s). The materialsare preferably employed in the form of fiber materials, particularly inthe form of textile fibers, such as woven fabrics or yarns, as in theform of hanks or wound packages.

Hydroxyl-containing materials are those of natural or synthetic origin,such as cellulose fiber materials or their regenerated products andpolyvinyl alcohols, for example. Cellulose fiber materials arepreferably cotton, but also other vegetable fibers, such as linen, hemp,jute, and ramie fibers; regenerated cellulose fibers are for examplestable viscose and filament viscose and also chemically modifiedcellulose fibers, such as aminated cellulose fibers or fibers asdescribed for example in WO 96/37641 and WO 96/37642 and also in EP-A-0538 785 and EP-A-0 692 559.

Examples of carboxamide-containing materials include synthetic andnatural polyamides and polyurethanes, particularly in the form offibers, for example, wool and other animal hairs, silk, leather,nylon-6,6, nylon-6, nylon-11, and nylon-4.

The dye mixtures of the invention can be applied to and fixed on thesubstrates mentioned, especially the fiber materials mentioned, by theapplication techniques known for water-soluble dyes and especially forfiber-reactive dyes. For instance, on cellulose fibers they produce bythe exhaust method from a long liquor and also from a short liquor—forexample, in a liquor to goods ratio of 5:1 to 100:1, preferably 6:1 to30:1—using various acid-binding agents and optionally neutral salts asfar as is necessary, such as sodium chloride or sodium sulfate, dyeingshaving very good color yields. Dyeing is effected preferably in anaqueous bath at temperatures between 40 and 105° C., if desired at atemperature of up to 130° C. under superatmospheric pressure, butpreferably at 30 to 95° C., especially 45 to 65° C., in the presence orabsence of customary dyeing auxiliaries. One possible procedure here isto introduce the material into the warm bath and gradually to heat thebath to the desired dyeing temperature and complete the dyeing operationat that temperature. The neutral salts which accelerate the exhaustionof the dyes may also if desired not be added to the bath until after theactual dyeing temperature has been reached.

Padding processes likewise provide excellent color yields and a verygood color buildup on cellulose fibers, the dyes being fixable inconventional manner by batching at room temperature or elevatedtemperature, at up to 60° C. approximately, for example, orcontinuously, for example by means of a pad dry-pad steam process, bysteaming, or using dry heat.

Similarly, the customary printing processes for cellulose fibers, whichcan be carried out in one step, by printing for example with a printpaste containing sodium bicarbonate or some other acid-binding agent andby subsequent steaming at 100 to 103° C., or in two steps, by printingfor example with a neutral to weakly acidic print color and then fixingeither by passing the printed material through a hot,electrolyte-containing alkaline bath or by overpadding with an alkaline,electrolyte-containing padding liquor and subsequent batching orsteaming or dry heat treatment of the alkali-overpadded material,produced strong prints with well-defined contours and a clear whiteground. The outcome of the prints is little affected, if at all, byvariations in the fixing conditions.

When fixing by means of dry heat in accordance with the customarythermofix processes, hot air at 120 to 200° C. is used. As well as thecustomary steam at 101 to 103° C. it is also possible to use superheatedsteam and high-pressure steam at temperatures of up to 160° C.

The agents which bind acid and effect the fixation of the dyes of thedye mixtures of the invention on the cellulose fibers are, for example,water-soluble basic salts of alkali metals and likewise alkaline earthmetals of organic or inorganic acids or compounds which liberate alkaliin the heat, and also alkali metal silicates. Mention may be made inparticular of the alkali metal hydroxides and alkali metal salts of weakto medium organic or inorganic acids, the preferred alkali metalcompounds being the sodium and potassium compounds. Examples of suchacid-binding agents include sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide,sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, sodiumformate, sodium hydrogen phosphate, disodium hydrogenphosphate, sodiumtrichloroacetate, trisodium phosphate or waterglass or mixtures thereof,such as mixtures of sodium hydroxide solution and waterglass, forexample.

When employed in the dyeing and printing processes, the dye mixtures ofthe invention are distinguished by outstanding color strength on thecellulose fiber materials, this performance being achievable in somecases even in the absence of or presence of only very small amounts ofalkali metal or alkaline earth metal compounds. In these special cases alow depth of shade requires no electrolyte salt, a moderate depth ofshade no more than 5 g/l of electrolyte salt, and for deep shades notmore than 10 g/l of electrolyte salt.

A shallow depth of shade refers here to the use of 2% by weight of dyebased on the substrate to be dyed, a moderate depth of shade refers tothe use of from 2 to 4% by weight of dye based on the substrate to bedyed, and a deep shade refers to the use of from 4 to 10% by weight ofdye based on the substrate to be dyed.

The dyeings and prints obtainable with the dye mixtures of the inventionpossess bright shades; more particularly, the dyeings and prints oncellulose fiber materials possess good light fastness and, inparticular, good wetfastnesses, such as fastness to washing, milling,seawater, crossdyeing, and acidic and alkaline perspiration, also goodfastness to pleating, hot pressing, and rubbing. Furthermore, thecellulose dyeings obtained following the customary aftertreatment ofrinsing to remove unfixed dye portions exhibit excellent wet fastnesses,especially since unfixed dye portions are easily washed off on accountof their ready solubility in cold water.

Furthermore, the dye mixtures of the invention can also be used for thefiber-reactive dyeing of wool. Moreover, wool which has been given anonfelting or low-felting finish {cf., for example, H. Rath, Lehrbuchder Textilchemie, Springer-Verlag, 3^(rd) edition (1972), pp. 295-299,especially finished by the Hercosett process (p. 298); J. Soc. Dyers andColorists 1972, 93-99, and 1975, 33-44) can be dyed with very goodfastness properties. The process of dyeing on wool takes place here in aconventional manner from an acidic medium. For instance, acetic acidand/or ammonium sulfate or acetic acid and ammonium acetate or sodiumacetate can be added to the dyebath to obtain the desired pH. To obtaina dyeing of acceptable levelness it is advisable to add customaryleveling agents, such as agents based on a reaction product of cyanuricchloride with three times the molar amount of an aminobenzenesulfonicacid and/or of an aminonaphthalenesulfonic acid or based on a reactionproduct of, for example, stearylamine with ethylene oxide. For example,the dye mixture of the invention is preferably subjected to the exhaustprocess initially from an acid dyebath having a pH of about 3.5 to 5.5with pH monitoring and then the pH, toward the end of the dyeing time,is shifted into the mutual and optionally weakly alkaline range up to apH of 8.5 to bring about, especially for very deep dyeings, the fullreactive bond between the dyes of the dye mixtures of the invention andthe fiber. At the same time, the fraction of dye which has not beenreactively bound is removed.

The procedure described here also applies to the production of dyeingson fiber materials composed of other natural polyamides or of syntheticpolyamides and polyurethanes. Generally speaking, the material to bedyed is introduced into the bath at a temperature of about 40° C.,agitated therein for some time, the dyebath is then adjusted to theweakly acidic, preferably weakly acetic acid, pH, and the actual dyeingis carried out at a temperature of between 60 and 98° C. However, thedyeings can also be carried out at boiling temperature or in closeddyeing apparatus at temperatures of up to 106° C. Since the watersolubility of the dye mixtures of the invention is very good they canalso be used with advantage in customary continuous dyeing processes.The color strength of the dye mixtures of the invention is very high.

On the aforementioned materials, preferably fiber materials, the dyemixtures of the invention provide dyeings in navy to jet black shadeswhich have very good fastness properties.

The examples hereinbelow serve to illustrate the invention. Parts andpercentages are by weight unless otherwise noted. Parts by weight relateto parts by volume as the kilogram relates to the liter. The compoundsdescribed by formula in the examples are written in the form of thesodium salts, since they are generally prepared and isolated in the formof their salts, preferably sodium or potassium salts, and are used inthe form of their salts for dyeing. The starting compounds specified inthe examples below, especially the tabular examples, can be employed inthe synthesis in the form of the free acid or likewise in the form oftheir salts, preferably alkali metal salts, such as sodium or potassiumsalts.

EXAMPLE 1

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-1)

in a 75% fraction, 18 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-1)

in a 70% fraction, and 12 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the orange-colored azo dye of the formula (III-1)

in a 75% fraction are mixed mechanically with one another.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention provides jet black dyeingsand prints, on cotton for example, under the dyeing conditions customaryfor reactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 2

75 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-1) in a 70% fraction, 15 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the scarlet disazo dye ofthe formula (II-2)

in a 75% fraction, and 10 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the orange-colored azo dye of the formula (III-1 in an 80%fraction are dissolved in 700 parts of water and the dye solutionobtained is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentrating this dye solutiongives a dye mixture which provides jet black dyeings and prints oncotton under the dyeing conditions customary for reactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 3

580 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1400parts of ice-water and 371 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 357 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is removed with amidosulfonic acid, and then 210 parts of1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid and 67 parts of4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethylaminonaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, prepared byreacting 48 parts of 7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid with32 parts of formaldehyde-sodium bisulfite in an aqueous medium at a pHof 5.5-6 and at 45° C., are added, and coupling is first carried out ina first stage at a pH of 1 to 1.5 and at below 20° C. to give a mixtureof two monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (15-1) and (17-1). Thestated pH range is set and maintained during the coupling reaction byadding solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling, the resultant mixture is admixedwith 76 parts of 7-acetylamino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid andadjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5 using sodium carbonate at below 25° C. The65:20:15 mixture of the three azo dyes (I-1), (II-1), and (III-2) formedafter the end of the second coupling reaction is isolated by spraydrying.

Alternatively, the dye solution obtained can also be buffered at a pH of5.5-6 by adding a phosphate buffer and adjusted by further dilution orconcentration as a liquid brand of defined strength.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 4

515 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1200parts of ice-water and 330 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 318 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is removed with amidosulfonic acid, and then 210 parts of1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid are added and couplingis carried out in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.5 and at below20° C. to give a red monoazo dye of the formula (15-1). The stated pHrange is adjusted and maintained during the coupling reaction by addingsolid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling, the reaction mixture is admixedwith 76 parts of 6-acetylamino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid andwith an aqueous solution of 143 parts of the scarlet monoazo dye of theformula (17-2),

which was obtained by diazotizing 65 parts of2-amino-5-β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonic acid with 31.5 parts of40% sodium nitrite solution in an acidic medium and then coupling theproduct to 60 parts of4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethylamino)naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid at a pH of1-2. Subsequently, at below 25° C., a pH of 5.5-6.5 is set using sodiumcarbonate, and the 65:20:15 mixture of the three dyes (I-1), (II-2), and(III-3) obtained after the end of the coupling reaction is isolated byconcentration under reduced pressure or by spray drying.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 5

a) 230 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 550parts of ice-water and 148 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 142 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is removed with amidosulfonic acid, and then 187 parts of1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid and 64 parts of4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethylamino)naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, prepared asindicated in Example 3, are added, and coupling is carried out in afirst stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.5 and at below 20° C. to give amixture of the two monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (15-1) and(17-1). The stated pH range is set and maintained during the couplingreaction by adding solid sodium hydrogen carbonate. After the end of thefirst coupling reaction, this mixture is admixed with 120 parts of acoupler of the formula (20-1).

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel, 316 parts of2-methoxy-5-β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 950 parts ofice-water and 183 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotized bydropwise addition of 177 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is then removed with amidosulfonic acid solution and thediazo suspension obtained is pumped into the coupler mixture from a).

A pH of 5.5-6.5 is then set using sodium carbonate at below 25° C., andthe 60:20:20 mixture of the three dyes (I-2), (II-3), and (III-4) formedafter the end of the second coupling reaction is isolated byconcentration under reduced pressure or by spray drying.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 6

a) 351 parts of 4-(β-(sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 850parts of ice-water and 225 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 216 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid and 83 partsof 4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethylamino)naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, preparedas indicated in Example 3, are added and coupling is carried out in afirst stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.5 and at below 20° C. to give amixture of the two monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (15-1) and(17-1). The stated pH range is set and maintained during the couplingreaction by adding solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel, 427 parts of2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1200parts of ice-water and 226 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 217 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is then removed with amidosulfonic acid solution and theresultant diazo suspension, when the first coupling is at an end, ispumped into the solution of the two monoazo dyes from a).

The pH is then adjusted to 5-6 at below 25° C. using sodium carbonateand the dye solution obtained after the end of the second couplingreaction is admixed with 250 parts of an orange-colored dye of theformula (III-5). The resultant 67:17:16 mixture of the three azo dyes(I-3), (II-4), and (III-5) can be isolated by concentration underreduced pressure or by spray drying.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 7

50 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the greenishnavy disazo dye of the formula (I-4)

in a 70% fraction, 25 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the navy disazo dye of the formula (I-1) in a 75% fraction,20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the scarletdisazo dye of the formula (II-2) likewise in a 75% fraction, and 5 partsof an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the orange-coloredazo dye of the formula (III-1) in an 80% fraction are dissolved in 500parts of water and the dye solution obtained is adjusted to a pH of5.5-6.5 and is buffered with phosphate buffer. Concentrating thissolution gives a dye mixture which provides jet black dyeings and printson cotton under the dyeing conditions customary for reactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 8

65 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the greenishnavy disazo dye of the formula (I-5)

in a 70% fraction, 20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-5)

in a 75% fraction, and 15 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet azo dye of the formula (III-6)

in a 65% fraction are mixed with one another as described in Example 1or 2.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 9

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-6)

in a 70% fraction, 18 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-1) in a 75%fraction, and 12 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the orange-colored azo dye of the formula (III-1) in a 70%fraction are mixed with one another as described in Example 1 or 2.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention provides jet black dyeings,on cotton for example, under the dyeing conditions customary forreactive dyes and also with an amount of salt reduced as compared withthe standard process.

EXAMPLE 10

A binary mixture, prepared by a procedure generally in line with thatdescribed in Example 4, of 680 parts of the navy disazo dye of theformula (I-7) and 150 parts of the scarlet disazo dye of the formula(II-6) is admixed with 170 parts of the orange-colored disazo dye of theformula (III-7), the mixture is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5, and theproduct is isolated by concentrating the aqueous solution. The resultantdye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLES 11 TO 448

The tabular examples hereinbelow describe further inventive mixtures ofthe dyes of the general formulae (I)-(III), each recited in the form ofthe sodium salts. The mixing proportions are indicated in percent byweight. The dye mixtures provide gray to jet black dyeings, on cottonfor example, by the dyeing methods customary for reactive dyes.

Dye mixtures in accordance with Example 1 or 2 Example Dye of gen.formula (I) 11 (I-1) 12 (I-1) 13 (I-1) 14 (I-1) 15 (I-1) 16 (I-1) 17(I-1) 18 (I-1) 19 (I-1) 20 (I-1) 21 (I-1) 22 (I-1) 23 (I-1) 24 (I-1) 25(I-2) 26 (I-2) 27 (I-2) 28 (I-2) 29 (I-1) 30 (I-1) 31 (I-1) 32 (I-2) 33(I-1) 34 (I-1) 35 (I-2) 36 (I-1) 37 (I-2) 38 (I-1) 39 (I-1) 40 (I-1) 41(I-1) 42 (I-1) 43 (I-1) 44 (I-2) 45 (I-2) 46 (I-1) 47 (I-1) 48 (I-1) 49(I-1) 50 (I-1) 51 (I-1) 52 (I-2) 53 (I-1) 54 (I-1) 55 (I-2) 56 (I-2) 57(I-1) 58 (I-1) 59 (I-2) 60 (I-1) 61 (I-1) 62 (I-1) 63 (I-1) 64 (I-1) 65(I-1) 66 (I-2) 67 (I-2) 68 (I-2) 69 (I-2) 70 (I-2) 71 (I-2) 72 (I-2) 73(I-2) 74 (I-2) 75 (I-2) 76 (I-2) 77 (I-3) 78 (I-3) 79 (I-3) 80 (I-3) 81(I-3) 82 (I-3) 83 (I-3) 84 (I-3) 85 (I-3) 86 (I-3) 87 (I-3) 88 (I-3) 89(I-3) 90 (I-3) 91 (I-3) 92 (I-3) 93 (I-3) 94 (I-4) 95 (I-4) 96 (I-4) 97(I-4) 98 (I-4) 99 (I-4) 100 (I-4) 101 (I-4) 102 (I-4) 103 (I-4) 104(I-4) 105 (I-4) 106 (I-4) 107 (I-4) 108 (I-4) 109 (I-4) 110 (I-4) 111(I-5) 112 (I-5) 113 (I-5) 114 (I-5) 115 (I-5) 116 (I-5) 117 (I-5) 118(I-5) 119 (I-5) 120 (I-5) 121 (I-5) 122 (I-5) 123 (I-5) 124 (I-5) 125(I-5) 126 (I-5) 127 (I-5) 128 (I-6) 129 (I-6) 130 (I-6) 131 (I-6) 132(I-6) 133 (I-6) 134 (I-6) 135 (I-6) 136 (I-6) 137 (I-6) 138 (I-6) 139(I-6) 140 (I-6) 141 (I-6) 142 (I-6) 143 (I-6) 144 (I-6) 145 (I-6) 146(I-6) 147 (I-6) 148 (I-7) 149 (I-7) 150 (I-7) 151 (I-7) 152 (I-7) 153(I-7) 154 (I-7) 155 (I-7) 156 (I-7) 157 (I-7) 158 (I-7) 159 (I-7) 160(I-7) 161 (I-7) 162 (I-7) 163 (I-7) 164 (I-7) 165 (I-7) 166

167 (I-8) 168 (I-8) 169 (I-8) 170 (I-8) 171 (I-8) 172 (I-8) 173 (I-8)174 (I-8) 175 (I-8) 176 (I-8) 177 (I-8) 178

179 (I-9) 180 (I-9) 181 (I-9) 182 (I-9) 183 (I-9) 184 (I-9) 185 (I-9)186 (I-9) 187 (I-9) 188 (I-9) 189 (I-9) 190 (I-9) 191 (I-9) 192 (I-9)193 (I-9) 194 (I-9) 195

196 (I-10) 197 (I-10) 198 (I-10) 199 (I-10) 200 (I-10) 201 (I-10) 202(I-10) 203 (I-10) 204 (I-10) 205 (I-10) 206 (I-10) 207

208 (I-11) 209 (I-11) 210 (I-11) 211 (I-11) 212 (I-11) 213 (I-11) 214(I-11) 215 (I-11) 216 (I-11) 217 (I-11) 218 (I-11) 219 (I-11) 220 (I-11)221 (I-11) 222 (I-11) 223 (I-11) 224

225 (I-12) 226 (I-12) 227 (I-12) 228 (I-12) 229 (I-12) 230 (I-12) 231(I-12) 232 (I-12) 233 (I-12) 234 (I-12) 235 (I-12) 236 (I-12) 237 (I-12)238 (I-12) 239 (I-12) 240 (I-12) 241

242 (I-13) 243 (I-13) 244 (I-13) 245 (I-13) 246 (I-13) 247 (I-13) 248(I-13) 249 (I-13) 250 (I-13) 251 (I-13) 252 (I-13) 253 (I-13) 254 (I-13)255 (I-13) 256 (I-13) 257 (I-13) 258

259 (I-14) 260 (I-14) 261 (I-14) 262 (I-14) 263 (I-14) 264 (I-14) 265(I-14) 266 (I-14) 267 (I-14) 268 (I-14) 269 (I-14) 270 (I-14) 271 (I-14)272 (I-14) 273 (I-14) 274 (I-14) 275

276 (I-15) 277 (I-15) 278 (I-15) 279 (I-15) 280 (I-15) 281 (I-15) 282(I-15) 283 (I-15) 284 (I-15) 285 (I-15) 286 (I-15) 287 (I-15) 288 (I-15)289 (I-15) 290 (I-15) 291 (I-15) 292 (I-15) 293 (I-15) 294 (I-15) 295

296 (I-16) 297 (I-16) 298 (I-16) 299 (I-16) 300 (I-16) 301 (I-16) 302(I-16) 303 (I-16) 304 (I-16) 305 (I-16) 306 (I-16) 307 (I-16) 308 (I-16)309 (I-16) 310 (I-16) 311 (I-16) 312 (I-16) 313

314 (I-17) 315 (I-17) 316 (I-17) 317 (I-17) 318 (I-17) 319 (I-17) 320(I-17) 321 (I-17) 322 (I-17) 323 (I-17) 324 (I-17) 325 (I-17) 326 (I-17)327 (I-17) 328 (I-17) 329 (I-17) 330 (I-17) 331

332 (I-18) 333 (I-18) 334 (I-18) 335 (I-18) 336 (I-18) 337 (I-18) 338(I-18) 339 (I-18) 340 (I-18) 341 (I-18) 342 (I-18) 343 (I-18) 344 (I-18)345 (I-18) 346 (I-18) 347 (I-18) 348

349 (I-19) 350 (I-19) 351 (I-19) 352 (I-19) 353 (I-19) 354 (I-19) 355(I-19) 356 (I-19) 357 (I-19) 358 (I-19) 359 (I-19) 360 (I-19) 361 (I-19)362 (I-19) 363 (I-19) 364 (I-19) 365

366 (I-20) 367 (I-20) 368 (I-20) 369 (I-20) 370 (I-20) 371 (I-20) 372(I-20) 373 (I-20) 374 (I-20) 375 (I-20) 376 (I-20) 377 (I-20) 378 (I-20)379 (I-20) 380 (I-20) 381 (I-20) 382

383 (I-21) 384 (I-21) 385 (I-21) 386 (I-21) 387 (I-21) 388 (I-21) 389(I-21) 390 (I-21) 391 (I-21) 392 (I-21) 393 (I-21) 394 (I-21) 395 (I-21)396 (I-21) 397 (I-21) 398 (I-21) 399 (I-21) 400

401 (I-22) 402 (I-22) 403 (I-22) 404 (I-22) 405 (I-22) 406 (I-22) 407(I-22) 408 (I-22) 409 (I-22) 410 (I-22) 411 (I-22) 412 (I-22) 413 (I-22)414 (I-22) 415 (I-22) 416 (I-22) 417 (I-22) Example Dye of gen. formula(II) 11 (II-1) 12 (II-1) 13 (II-2) 14 (II-2) 15 (II-2) 16 (II-2) 17(II-6) 18 (II-6) 19 (II-6) 20 (II-6) 21 (II-6) 22 (II-6) 23

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66 (II-1) 67 (II-2) 68 (II-7) 69 (II-22) 70 (II-24) 71 (II-26) 72(II-34) 73 (II-44) 74 (II-45) 75 (II-46) 76 (II-48) 77 (II-1) 78 (II-2)79 (II-5) 80 (II-6) 81 (II-7) 82 (II-9) 83 (II-16) 84 (II-22) 85 (II-24)86 (II-26) 87 (II-34) 88 (II-36) 89 (II-37) 90 (II-44) 91 (II-45) 92(II-46) 93 (II-48) 94 (II-1) 95 (II-2) 96 (II-5) 97 (II-6) 98 (II-7) 99(II-9) 100 (II-16) 101 (II-22) 102 (II-24) 103 (II-26) 104 (II-34) 105(II-36) 106 (II-37) 107 (II-44) 108 (II-45) 109 (II-46) 110 (II-48) 111(II-1) 112 (II-2) 113 (II-5) 114 (II-6) 115 (II-7) 116 (II-9) 117(II-16) 118 (II-22) 119 (II-24) 120 (II-26) 121 (II-34) 122 (II-36) 123(II-37) 124 (II-44) 125 (II-45) 126 (II-46) 127 (II-48) 128 (II-1) 129(II-2) 130 (II-5) 131 (II-6) 132 (II-7) 133 (II-9) 134 (II-12) 135(II-16) 136 (II-22) 137 (II-24) 138 (II-26) 139 (II-34) 140 (II-36) 141(II-37) 142 (II-40) 143 (II-41) 144 (II-44) 145 (II-45) 146 (II-46) 147(II-48) 148 (II-1) 149 (II-2) 150 (II-5) 151 (II-6) 152 (II-7) 153(II-9) 154 (II-16) 155 (II-22) 156 (II-24) 157 (II-26) 158 (II-34) 159(II-36) 160 (II-37) 161 (II-42) 162 (II-44) 163 (II-45) 164 (II-46) 165(II-48) 166 (II-1) 167 (II-2) 168 (II-6) 169 (II-7) 170 (II-22) 171(II-24) 172 (II-26) 173 (II-34) 174 (II-44) 175 (II-45) 176 (II-46) 177(II-48) 178 (II-1) 179 (II-2) 180 (II-5) 181 (II-6) 182 (II-7) 183(II-9) 184 (II-16) 185 (II-22) 186 (II-24) 187 (II-26) 188 (II-34) 189(II-36) 190 (II-37) 191 (II-44) 192 (II-45) 193 (II-46) 194 (II-48) 195(II-1) 196 (II-2) 197 (II-6) 198 (II-7) 199 (II-22) 200 (II-24) 201(II-26) 202 (II-34) 203 (II-44) 204 (II-45) 205 (II-46) 206 (II-48) 207(II-1) 208 (II-2) 209 (II-5) 210 (II-6) 211 (II-7) 212 (II-9) 213(II-16) 214 (II-22) 215 (II-24) 216 (II-26) 217 (II-34) 218 (II-36) 219(II-37) 220 (II-44) 221 (II-45) 222 (II-46) 223 (II-48) 224 (II-1) 225(II-2) 226 (II-5) 227 (II-6) 228 (II-7) 229 (II-9) 230 (II-16) 231(II-22) 232 (II-24) 233 (II-26) 234 (II-34) 235 (II-36) 236 (II-37) 237(II-44) 238 (II-45) 239 (II-46) 240 (II-48) 241 (II-1) 242 (II-2) 243(II-5) 244 (II-6) 245 (II-7) 246 (II-9) 247 (II-16) 248 (II-22) 249(II-24) 250 (II-26) 251 (II-34) 252 (II-36) 253 (II-37) 254 (II-44) 255(II-45) 256 (II-46) 257 (II-48) 258 (II-1) 259 (II-2) 260 (II-5) 261(II-6) 262 (II-7) 263 (II-9) 264 (II-16) 265 (II-22) 266 (II-24) 267(II-26) 268 (II-34) 269 (II-36) 270 (II-37) 271 (II-44) 272 (II-45) 273(II-46) 274 (II-48) 275 (II-1) 276 (II-2) 277 (II-5) 278 (II-6) 279(II-7) 280 (II-9) 281 (II-12) 282 (II-16) 283 (II-22) 284 (II-24) 285(II-26) 286 (II-34) 287 (II-36) 288 (II-37) 289 (II-40) 290 (II-41) 291(II-44) 292 (II-45) 293 (II-46) 294 (II-48) 295 (II-1) 296 (II-2) 297(II-5) 298 (II-6) 299 (II-7) 300 (II-9) 301 (II-16) 302 (II-22) 303(II-24) 304 (II-26) 305 (II-34) 306 (II-36) 307 (II-37) 308 (II-42) 309(II-44) 310 (II-45) 311 (II-46) 312 (II-48) 313 (II-1) 314 (II-2) 315(II-5) 316 (II-6) 317 (II-7) 318 (II-9) 319 (II-16) 320 (II-22) 321(II-24) 322 (II-26) 323 (II-34) 324 (II-36) 325 (II-37) 326 (II-43) 327(II-44) 328 (II-45) 329 (II-46) 330 (II-48) 331 (II-1) 332 (II-2) 333(II-5) 334 (II-6) 335 (II-7) 336 (II-9) 337 (II-16) 338 (II-22) 339(II-24) 340 (II-26) 341 (II-34) 342 (II-36) 343 (II-37) 344 (II-44) 345(II-45) 346 (II-46) 347 (II-48) 348 (II-1) 349 (II-2) 350 (II-5) 351(II-6) 352 (II-7) 353 (II-9) 354 (II-16) 355 (II-22) 356 (II-24) 357(II-26) 358 (II-34) 359 (II-36) 360 (II-37) 361 (II-44) 362 (II-45) 363(II-46) 364 (II-48) 365 (II-1) 366 (II-2) 367 (II-5) 368 (II-6) 369(II-7) 370 (II-9) 371 (II-16) 372 (II-22) 373 (II-24) 374 (II-26) 375(II-34) 376 (II-36) 377 (II-37) 378 (II-44) 379 (II-45) 380 (II-46) 381(II-48) 382 (II-1) 383 (II-2) 384 (II-5) 385 (II-6) 386 (II-7) 387(II-9) 388 (II-16) 389 (II-22) 390 (II-24) 391 (II-26) 392 (II-34) 393(II-36) 394 (II-37) 395 (II-38) 396 (II-44) 397 (II-45) 398 (II-46) 399(II-48) 400 (II-1) 401 (II-2) 402 (II-5) 403 (II-6) 404 (II-7) 405(II-9) 406 (II-16) 407 (II-22) 408 (II-24) 409 (II-26) 410 (II-34) 411(II-36) 412 (II-37) 413 (II-39) 414 (II-44) 415 (II-45) 416 (II-46) 417(II-48) Example Dye of gen. formula (II) Ratio (I):(II):(III) 11 (III-4)65:20:15 12 (III-6) 68:20:12 13 (III-2) 67:20:13 14 (III-4) 65:21:14 15(III-6) 65:22:13 16 (III-7) 64:18:18 17 (III-1) 65:15:20 18 (III-2)65:17:18 19 (III-3) 67:20:13 20 (III-4) 65:20:15 21 (III-6) 65:17:18 22(III-7) 66:20:14 23 (III-1) 65:20:15 24

70:20:10 25 (III-2) 70:18:12 26

68:22:10 27 (III-2) 65:20:15 28 (III-1) 68:20:12 29

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60:22:18 31 (III-1) 72:18:10 32 (III-4) 70:15:15 33 (III-7) 70:20:10 34(III-5) 67:22:11 35 (III-3) 68:18:14 36 (III-1) 66:22:12 37 (III-1)67:22:11 38 (III-4) 65:20:15 39

66:18:16 40 (III-1) 67:22:11 41

65:22:13 42 (III-1) 68:20:12 43 (III-2) 65:20:15 44 (III-5) 70:20:10 45(III-4) 67:20:13 46 (III-1) 69:20:11 47 (III-10) 64:20:16 48 (III-11)65:18:17 49 (III-8) 67:22:11 50 (III-1) 68:21:11 51 (III-2) 68:20:12 52(III-1) 70:18:12 53 (III-1) 70:15:15 54 (III-12) 65:20:15 55 (III-11)64:18:18 56 (III-1) 75:10:15 57 (III-2) 70:15:15 58 (III-10) 65:23:12 59(III-8) 64:24:12 60 (III-1) 65:20:15 61 (III-1) 64:22:14 62 (III-6)60:20:20 63 (III-7) 65:22:13 64

65:20:15 65 (III-1) 69:20:11 66 (III-2) 65:18:17 67 (III-1) 65:20:15 68(III-1) 67:20:13 69 (III-7) 68:20:12 70 (III-13) 65:22:13 71 (III-1)66:20:14 72 (III-4) 64:20:16 73 (III-10) 69:20:11 74 (III-1) 60:25:15 75(III-6) 60:25:15 76 (III-1) 64:20:16 77 (III-2) 65:18:17 78 (III-1)65:20:15 79 (III-1) 70:20:10 80 (III-7) 66:20:14 81 (III-14) 67:20:13 82(III-5) 72:18:10 83 (III-8) 64:22:14 84 (III-7) 68:20:12 85 (III-8)65:22:13 86 (III-1) 66:20:14 87 (III-4) 64:20:16 88 (III-9) 72:18:10 89(III-1) 70:20:10 90 (III-10) 69:20:11 91 (III-13) 60:25:15 92 (III-6)60:25:15 93 (III-1) 64:20:16 94 (III-2) 65:18:17 95 (III-7) 63:21:16 96(III-1) 70:20:10 97 (III-7) 66:20:14 98 (III-14) 67:20:13 99 (III-5)72:18:10 100 (III-8) 64:22:14 101 (III-7) 68:20:12 102 (III-8) 65:22:13103 (III-1) 66:20:14 104 (III-4) 64:20:16 105 (III-9) 72:18:10 106(III-1) 70:20:10 107 (III-10) 69:20:11 108 (III-13) 60:25:15 109 (III-6)60:25:15 110 (III-1) 64:20:16 111 (III-2) 65:18:17 112 (III-1) 65:20:15113 (III-1) 70:20:10 114 (III-7) 66:20:14 115 (III-14) 67:20:13 116(III-5) 72:18:10 117 (III-8) 64:22:14 118 (III-7) 68:20:12 119 (III-8)65:22:13 120 (III-1) 66:20:14 121 (III-4) 64:20:16 122 (III-9) 72:18:10123 (III-1) 70:20:10 124 (III-10) 69:20:11 125 (III-13) 60:25:15 126(III-6) 60:25:15 127 (III-1) 64:20:16 128 (III-2) 65:18:17 129 (III-1)65:20:15 130 (III-1) 70:20:10 131 (III-7) 66:20:14 132 (III-14) 67:20:13133 (III-5) 72:18:10 134 (III-1) 65:22:13 135 (III-8) 64:22:14 136(III-7) 68:20:12 137 (III-8) 65:22:13 138 (III-1) 66:20:14 139 (III-4)64:20:16 140 (III-9) 72:18:10 141 (III-1) 70:20:10 142 (III-5) 66:21:13143 (III-1) 65:18:17 144 (III-10) 69:20:11 145 (III-13) 60:25:15 146(III-6) 60:25:15 147 (III-1) 64:20:16 148 (III-2) 65:18:17 149 (III-1)65:20:15 150 (III-1) 70:20:10 151 (III-8) 65:20:15 152 (III-14) 67:20:13153 (III-5) 72:18:10 154 (III-8) 64:22:14 155 (III-7) 68:20:12 156(III-8) 65:22:13 157 (III-1) 66:20:14 158 (III-4) 64:20:16 159 (III-9)72:18:10 160 (III-1) 70:20:10 161 (III-12) 62:22:16 162 (III-10)69:20:11 163 (III-13) 60:25:15 164 (III-6) 60:25:15 165 (III-1) 64:20:16166 (III-2) 65:18:17 167 (III-1) 65:20:15 168 (III-7) 66:20:14 169(III-14) 67:20:13 170 (III-7) 68:20:12 171 (III-8) 66:22:13 172 (III-1)66:20:14 173 (III-4) 64:20:16 174 (III-10) 69:20:11 175 (III-13)60:25:15 176 (III-6) 60:25:15 177 (III-1) 64:20:16 178 (III-2) 65:18:17179 (III-1) 65:20:15 180 (III-1) 70:20:10 181 (III-7) 66:20:14 182(III-14) 67:20:13 183 (III-5) 72:18:10 184 (III-8) 62:22:14 185 (III-7)68:20:12 186 (III-8) 65:22:13 187 (III-1) 66:20:14 188 (III-4) 64:20:16189 (III-9) 72:18:10 190 (III-1) 70:20:10 191 (III-10) 69:20:11 192(III-13) 60:25:15 193 (III-6) 60:25:15 194 (III-1) 64:20:16 195 (III-2)65:18:17 196 (III-1) 65:20:15 197 (III-7) 66:20:14 198 (III-14) 67:20:13199 (III-7) 68:20:12 200 (III-8) 65:22:13 201 (III-1) 66:20:14 202(III-4) 64:20:16 203 (III-10) 69:20:11 204 (III-13) 60:25:15 205 (III-6)60:25:15 206 (III-1) 64:20:16 207 (III-2) 65:18:17 208 (III-1) 65:20:15209 (III-1) 70:20:10 210 (III-7) 66:20:14 211 (III-14) 67:20:13 212(III-5) 72:18:10 213 (III-8) 64:22:14 214 (III-7) 68:20:12 215 (III-8)65:22:13 216 (III-1) 66:20:14 217 (III-4) 64:20:16 218 (III-9) 72:18:10219 (III-1) 70:20:10 220 (III-10) 69:20:11 221 (III-13) 60:25:15 222(III-6) 60:25:15 223 (III-1) 64:20:16 224 (III-2) 65:18:17 225 (III-1)65:20:15 226 (III-1) 70:20:10 227 (III-7) 66:20:14 228 (III-14) 67:20:13229 (III-5) 72:18:10 230 (III-8) 64:22:14 231 (III-7) 68:20:12 232(III-8) 65:22:13 233 (III-1) 66:20:14 234 (III-4) 64:20:16 235 (III-9)72:18:10 236 (III-1) 70:20:10 237 (III-10) 69:20:11 238 (III-13)60:25:15 239 (III-6) 60:25:15 240 (III-1) 64:20:16 241 (III-2) 65:18:17242 (III-1) 65:20:15 243 (III-1) 70:20:10 244 (III-7) 66:20:14 245(III-14) 67:20:13 246 (III-5) 72:18:10 247 (III-8) 64:22:14 248 (III-7)68:20:12 249 (III-8) 65:22:13 250 (III-1) 66:20:14 251 (III-4) 64:20:16252 (III-9) 72:18:10 253 (III-1) 70:20:10 254 (III-10) 69:20:11 255(III-13) 60:25:15 256 (III-6) 60:25:15 257 (III-1) 64:20:16 258 (III-2)68:16:16 259 (III-1) 65:20:15 260 (III-1) 70:20:10 261 (III-7) 66:20:14262 (III-14) 67:20:13 263 (III-5) 72:18:10 264 (III-8) 64:22:14 265(III-7) 68:20:12 266 (III-8) 65:22:13 267 (III-1) 66:20:14 268 (III-4)64:20:16 269 (III-9) 72:18:10 270 (III-1) 70:20:10 271 (III-10) 69:20:11272 (III-13) 60:25:15 273 (III-6) 60:25:15 274 (III-1) 64:20:16 275(III-2) 65:18:17 276 (III-1) 65:20:15 277 (III-1) 70:20:10 278 (III-7)66:20:14 279 (III-14) 67:20:13 280 (III-5) 72:18:10 281 (III-1) 65:22:13282 (III-8) 64:22:14 283 (III-7) 68:20:12 284 (III-8) 65:22:13 285(III-1) 66:20:14 286 (III-4) 64:20:16 287 (III-9) 72:18:10 288 (III-1)70:20:10 289 (III-1) 66:21:13 290 (III-5) 65:18:17 291 (III-10) 69:20:11292 (III-13) 60:25:15 293 (III-6) 60:25:15 294 (III-1) 64:20:16 295(III-2) 65:18:17 296 (III-1) 65:20:15 297 (III-1) 70:20:10 298 (III-7)66:20:14 299 (III-14) 67:20:13 300 (III-5) 72:18:10 301 (III-8) 64:22:14302 (III-7) 68:20:12 303 (III-8) 65:22:13 304 (III-1) 66:20:14 305(III-4) 64:20:16 306 (III-9) 72:18:10 307 (III-1) 70:20:10 308 (III-1)67:22:11 309 (III-10) 69:20:11 310 (III-13) 60:25:15 311 (III-6)60:25:15 312 (III-1) 64:20:16 313 (III-2) 65:18:17 314 (III-1) 65:20:15315 (III-1) 70:20:10 316 (III-7) 66:20:14 317 (III-14) 67:20:13 318(III-5) 72:18:10 319 (III-8) 64:22:14 320 (III-7) 68:20:12 321 (III-8)65:22:13 322 (III-1) 66:20:14 323 (III-4) 64:20:16 324 (III-9) 72:18:10325 (III-1) 70:20:10 326 (III-1) 67:22:11 327 (III-10) 69:20:11 328(III-13) 60:25:15 329 (III-6) 60:25:15 330 (III-1) 64:20:16 331 (III-2)65:18:17 332 (III-1) 65:20:15 333 (III-1) 70:20:10 334 (III-7) 66:20:14335 (III-14) 67:20:13 336 (III-5) 72:18:10 337 (III-8) 64:22:14 338(III-7) 68:20:12 339 (III-8) 65:22:13 340 (III-1) 66:20:14 341 (III-4)64:20:16 342 (III-9) 72:18:10 343 (III-1) 70:20:10 344 (III-10) 69:20:11345 (III-13) 60:25:15 346 (III-6) 60:25:15 347 (III-1) 64:20:15 348(III-2) 65:18:17 349 (III-1) 65:20:15 350 (III-1) 70:20:10 351 (III-7)66:20:14 352 (III-14) 67:20:13 353 (III-5) 72:18:10 354 (III-8) 64:22:14355 (III-7) 68:20:12 356 (III-8) 65:22:13 357 (III-1) 66:20:14 358(III-4) 64:20:16 359 (III-9) 72:18:10 360 (III-1) 70:20:10 361 (III-10)69:20:11 362 (III-13) 60:25:15 363 (III-6) 60:25:15 364 (III-1) 64:20:16365 (III-2) 65:18:17 366 (III-1) 65:20:15 367 (III-1) 70:20:10 368(III-7) 66:20:14 369 (III-14) 67:20:13 370 (III-5) 72:18:10 371 (III-8)64:22:14 372 (III-7) 68:20:12 373 (III-8) 65:22:13 374 (III-1) 66:20:14375 (III-4) 64:20:16 376 (III-9) 72:18:10 377 (III-1) 70:20:10 378(III-10) 69:20:11 379 (III-13) 60:25:15 380 (III-6) 60:25:15 381 (III-1)64:20:16 382 (III-2) 65:18:17 383 (III-1) 65:20:15 384 (III-1) 70:20:10385 (III-7) 66:20:14 386 (III-14) 67:20:13 387 (III-5) 72:18:10 388(III-8) 64:22:14 389 (III-7) 68:20:12 390 (III-8) 65:22:13 391 (III-1)66:20:14 392 (III-4) 64:20:16 393 (III-9) 72:18:10 394 (III-1) 70:20:10395 (III-1) 65:22:13 396 (III-10) 69:20:11 397 (III-13) 60:25:15 398(III-6) 60:25:15 399 (III-1) 64:20:16 400 (III-2) 65:18:17 401 (III-1)65:20:15 402 (III-1) 70:20:10 403 (III-7) 66:20:14 404 (III-14) 67:20:13405 (III-5) 72:18:10 406 (III-8) 64:22:14 407 (III-7) 68:20:12 408(III-8) 65:22:13 409 (III-1) 66:20:14 410 (III-4) 64:20:16 411 (III-9)72:18:10 412 (III-1) 70:20:10 413 (III-1) 65:22:13 414 (III-10) 69:20:11415 (III-13) 60:25:15 416 (III-6) 60:25:15 417 (III-1) 64:20:16Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 3

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of Example formula (I) formula (II) formula(III) Ratio (I):(II):(III) 418 (I-1) (II-1) (III-1) 65:20:15 419 (I-1)(II-1) (III-3) 63:20:17 420 (I-1) (II-1) (III-5) 68:20:12 421 (I-1)(II-1) (III-7) 64:18:18 422 (I-1) (II-1) (III-13) 70:18:12 423 (I-1)(II-1) (III-14) 62:19:19Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 4

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II) Dye of formula(III) Ratio (I):(II):(III): 424 (I-1) (II-2) (III-1) 65:20:15 425 (I-1)(II-24) (III-13) 63:20:17 426 (I-1) (II-32) (III-14) 66:20:14 427 (I-1)(II-45) (III-7) 64:18:18 428 (I-4) (II-4)

65:20:15 429 (I-4) (II-11) (III-15) 66:17:17 430 (I-14) (II-8)

68:17:15 431 (I-14) (II-13) (III-16) 65:15:20 432 (I-14) (II-17)(III-16) 66:14:20Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 5

Exam- Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Ratio ple formula (I) formula (II) Dye offormula (III) (I):(II):(III) 433 (I-2) (II-3) (III-8) 65:20:15 434 (I-2)(II-10) (III-4) 65:18:17 435 (I-3) (II-4) (III-15) 68:20:12 436 (I-6)(II-41)

64:20:16 437 (I-7) (II-14)

70:18:12 438 (I-9) (II-17) (III-16) 66:19:15 439 (I-17) (II-43)

62:23:15 440 (I-21) (II-38)

64:21:15Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 6

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of Example formula (I) formula (II) formula(III) Ratio (I):(II):(III) 441 (I-2) (II-3) (III-14) 65:18:17 442 (I-2)(II-10) (III-1) 65:20:15 443 (I-3) (II-4) (III-8) 67:20:13 444 (I-6)(II-41) (III-13) 65:20:15 445 (I-7) (II-14) (III-12) 64:22:14 446 (I-9)(II-17) (III-7) 66:19:15 447 (I-17) (II-43) (III-10) 62:23:15 448 (I-21)(II-38) (III-13) 64:22:14

EXAMPLE 449

73 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-1) in a 70% fraction, 15 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the scarlet disazo dye ofthe formula (II-2) in a 75% fraction, and 13 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the orange-colored azo dyeof the formula (III-21)

in an 80% fraction are dissolved in 700 parts of water and the dyesolution obtained is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentration of thisdye solution gives a dye mixture which provides jet black dyeings andprints on cotton under the dyeing conditions customary for reactivedyes.Further Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 449

Dye of Dye of Dye of Example gen. formula (I) gen. formula (II) gen. offormula (III) Ratio 450 (I-1) (II-1)

70:15:15 451 (I-1) (II-2)

72:16:12 452 (I-1) (II-6)

70:20:10 453 (I-1) (II-7)

68:20:12 454 (I-1) (II-24)

72:19:9  455 (I-1) (II-26)

71:16:13 456 (I-1) (II-34)

67:18:15 457 (I-1) (II-37)

70:15:15 458 (I-1) (II-44)

68:18:14 459 (I-1) (II-45)

70:20:10 460 (I-1) (II-46)

66:22:12 461 (I-1) (II-48)

67:20:13 462 (I-2) (II-5)

67:18:15 463 (I-2) (II-2)

70:18:12 464 (I-2) (II-7)

71:15:14 465 (I-7) (II-2)

70:17:13 466 (I-19) (II-7)

68:18:14 467 (I-21) (II-2)

68:20:12

EXAMPLE 468

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-1)

in a 70% fraction, 20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-1)

in a 75% fraction, and 10 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Ga-1)

in a 70% fraction are mixed mechanically with one another.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention provides jet black dyeingsfrom prints, on cotton for example, under the dyeing conditionscustomary for reactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 469

65 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-1) in a 70% fraction, 15 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the scarlet disazo dye ofthe formula (II-2)

in a 75% fraction, and 20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Gf-1)

in a 60% fraction are dissolved in 750 parts of water and the dyesolution obtained is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentrating this dyesolution gives a dye mixture which provides jet black dyeings fromprints on cotton under the dyeing conditions customary for reactivedyes.

EXAMPLE 470

812 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1900parts of ice-water and 520 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 500 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid, 93 parts of4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethyl-amino)naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, prepared byreacting 67 parts of 7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid with42 parts of formaldehyde-sodium bisulfite in an aqueous medium at a pHof 5.5-6 and at 50° C., and 31 parts of 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acidare added and coupling is carried out first in a first stage at a pH offrom 1 to 1.3 and at below 20° C. to give a mixture of 3 monoazo dyesconforming to the formulae (15-1), (17-1), and (Ga-3). The stated pHrange is set and maintained during the coupling reaction by adding solidsodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling, the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below25° C. using sodium carbonate, and the 70:20:10 mixture of the threedisazo dyes (I-1), (II-1), and (Gb-3) obtained after the end of thesecond coupling reaction is isolated by spray driving.

Alternatively, the dye solution obtained can be buffered at a pH of5.5-6 by adding a phosphate buffer and adjusted by further dilution orconcentration to form a liquid brand of defined strength.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 471

677 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1570parts of ice-water and 434 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 417 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthaline-3,6-disulphonic acid are added andcoupling takes place in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 and atbelow 20° C. to give a red monoazo dye of the formula (15-1). The statedpH range is set and maintained during the coupling reaction by addingsolid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling, an aqueous solution of 206 parts ofthe scarlet monoazo dye of the formula (17-2) and 94 parts of the yellowmonoazo dye of the formula (Ga-4),

obtained by diazotizing 148 parts of2-amino-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonic acid with 71 parts of40% sodium nitrite solution in an acidic medium and then coupling theproduct to a mixture of 86.5 parts of4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethylamino)naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid and 28 partsof 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid at a pH of 1-2, is added to thereaction mixture. Subsequently, the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below 25°C. using sodium carbonate, and the 70:20:10 mixture of the three disazodyes (I-1), (II-2), and (Gb-2) formed after the end of the couplingreaction is isolated by concentration under reduced pressure or by spraydrying.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 472

a) 406 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 950parts of ice-water and 260 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 250 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid, 93 parts of4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethylamino)-5-naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, and 31parts of 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid are added and coupling takesplace in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 and at below 20° C. togive a mixture of three monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (15-1),(17-1), and (Ga-3). The stated pH range is set and maintained during thecoupling reaction by addition of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel 451 parts of2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1300 partsof ice-water and 261 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotized bydropwise addition of 251 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is then removed with amidosulfonic acid solution and theresulting diazo suspension, after the end of the first coupling, ispumped into the solution of the minoazo dyes from a).

The pH is then adjusted to 5-6 at below 25° C. using sodium carbonate,and the 70:20:10 mixture of the three disazo dyes (I-2), (II-3), and(Gb-1) formed after the end of the second coupling reaction is isolatedby concentration under reduced pressure or by spray drying

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 473

a) 351 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 825parts of ice-water and 225 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 216 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid and 83 partsof 4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethyl-amino)naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid are addedand coupling takes place in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 andat below 20° C. to give a mixture of the two monoazo dyes conforming tothe formulae (15-1) and (17-1). The stated pH range is set andmaintained during the coupling reaction by addition of solid sodiumhydrogen carbonate.

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel 427 parts of2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1150parts of ice-water and 226 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 217 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is then removed using aminosulfonic acid solution, andthe resulting diazo suspension, after the end of the first coupling, ispumped into the solution of the two monoazo dyes from a).

The pH is then adjusted to 5-6 at below 25° C. using sodium carbonate,and the dye solution obtained after the end of the second couplingreaction is admixed with 250 parts of a yellow dye of the formula(Gf-2). The resultant 67:17:16 mixture of the three disazo dyes (I-3),(II-4), and (Gf-2) can be isolated by concentration under reducedpressure or by spray drying.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 474

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the greenishnavy disazo dye of the formula (I-4)

in a 70% fraction and 30 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-7)

in, again, a 70% fraction are dissolved in 600 parts of water and theresulting dye solution is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentration ofthis dye solution produces a binary dye mixture which provides jet blackdyeings and prints on cotton under the dyeing conditions customary forreactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 475

a) 341 parts of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(7-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline aresuspended in 950 parts of ice-water and 180 parts of 30% hydrochloricacid and diazotized by dropwise addition of 173 parts of 40% sodiumnitrite solution. 319 parts of1-amino-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-+disulfonic acid are added andcoupling takes place in a first stage at a pH of 1 to 1.5 and at below20° C. to give a red monoazo dye of the formula (15-2). The stated pHrange is set and maintained during the coupling reaction by addition ofsolid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling the reaction mixture is admixed withan aqueous solution of 254 parts of the scarlet monoazo dye of theformula (17-2), obtained by diazotizing 116 parts of2-amino-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonic acid with 55.5 partsof 40% sodium nitrite solution in an acidic medium and then coupling theproduct to 107 parts of4-hydroxy-7-(sulfomethylamino)naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid at a pH of1-2.

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel 430 parts of2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in1250 parts of ice-water and 238 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid anddiazotized by dropwise addition of 229 parts of 40% sodium nitritesolution. The excess nitride is then removed using amidosulfonic acidsolution, and the diazo suspension obtained is pumped into the solutionof the monoazo dye mixture from a).

Then a pH of 5-6 is set at below 25° C. using sodium carbonate, and the75:25 mixture of the two disazo dyes (I-5) and (II-8) formed after theend of the second coupling reaction is isolated by concentration underreduced pressure or by spray drying.

The resultant binary dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in blackshades.

EXAMPLE 476

A binary mixture, prepared in analogy to the procedure described inExample 475, of 1021 parts of the navy dye of the formula (I-2) and 335parts of the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-7) is admixed with168 parts of the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Ge-1)

the mixture is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5, and the product is isolatedby concentration of the aqueous solution. The resultant dye mixture ofthe invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 477

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-6)

in a 70% fraction, 18 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-1) in a 75%fraction, and 12 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Gf-3)

in a 70% fraction are mixed with one another as described in Example468.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention provides jet black dyeings,on cotton for example, under the dyeing conditions customary forreactive dyes and also with an amount of salt reduced as compared withthe standard method.

EXAMPLE 478

A binary mixture, prepared in analogy to the procedure described inExample 473, of 1012 parts of the navy disazo dye of the formula (I-7)and 290 parts of the scarlet dye of the formula (II-14) is admixed with145 parts of the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Ga-2), the mixture isadjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5, and the product is isolated byconcentration of the aqueous solution. The resultant dye mixture of theinvention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 479

a) A mixture of 70.5 parts of 7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonicacid and 37.5 parts of 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid are suspended in800 parts of water and dissolved by adding sodium hydroxide solution. Ata pH of 5.5-6, 79 parts of formaldehyde-sodium bisulfite are added andthe mixture is stirred at 50-55° C. for 4 h, the stated pH range beingmaintained by means of dilute sodium hydroxide solution.

b) In a separate reaction vessel, 843 parts of4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 2000 parts ofice-water and 540 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotized bydropwise addition of 520 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Afterremoval of the excess nitrite with amidosulfonic acid solution, 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid are added,along with the mixture of the further coupling components from a), andcoupling takes place in a first stage at a pH of from 0.8 to 1.3 and atbelow 20° C. to give a mixture of three monoazo dyes conforming to theformulae (15-1), (17-1), and (Ga-6). The stated pH range is set andmaintained during the coupling reaction by addition of solid sodiumhydrogen carbonate.

When the first coupling is complete, the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below25° C. with sodium carbonate, and the 67:20:13 mixture of the threedisazo dyes (I-1), (II-1), and (Gb-5), obtained after the end of thesecond coupling reaction, is isolated by spray drying or concentrationunder reduced pressure.

Alternatively, the dye solution obtained can be buffered at a pH of5.5-6 by addition of a phosphate buffer and adjusted by further dilutionor concentration to give a liquid brand of defined strength.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 480

843 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 2000parts of ice-water and 540 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 520 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Afterremoval of the excess nitrite using aminosulfonic acid solution, 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid is added alongwith a mixture of further coupling components obtained in analogy toExample 479 a) by reacting 72 parts of7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid and 75 parts of2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid with 112 parts of formaldehyde-sodiumbisulfite at a pH of 5.7 and at 50° C., and coupling takes placeinitially in a first stage at a pH of from 0.8 to 1.3 and at below 20°C. to give a mixture of three monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae(15-1), (17-1), and (Ga-6). The stated pH range is set and maintainedduring the coupling reaction by addition of solid sodium hydrogencarbonate.

When the first coupling is complete, the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below25° C. using sodium carbonate, and the 64:20:16 mixture of the three azodyes (I-1), (II-1), and (Ga-6), obtained after the end of the secondcoupling reaction, is isolated by spray drying or concentration underreduced pressure.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 481

574 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1350parts of ice-water and 368 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 354 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution.Following removal of the excess nitrite using amidosulfonic acidsolution, an aqueous solution of two coupling components is added,obtained in analogy to Example 479a) by reacting 74 parts of7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid and 39.5 parts of2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid with 83 parts of formaldehyde-sodiumbisulfite at a pH of 5.5-6 and at 50° C., and coupling takes place firstof all in a first stage at a pH of from 1.0 to 1.3 and at below 20° C.to give a mixture of two monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (17-1)and (Ga-6). The stated pH range is set and maintained during thecoupling reaction by addition of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the first coupling is complete, the reaction mixture is admixedwith 737 parts of the red monoazo dye of the formula (15-2) in the formof an aqueous solution, obtainable as described in Example 475a).Thereafter, the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below 25° C. using sodiumcarbonate, and the 67:20:13 mixture of the three disazo dyes (I-12),(II-11), and (Gb-5) obtained after the end of the second couplingreaction is isolated by spray drying or concentration under reducedpressure.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLES 482 TO 819

The tabular examples below describe further inventive mixtures of thedyes of the general formulae (I) and (II) or (I) and (II) and (G), eachrecited in the form of the sodium salts. The mixing proportions areindicated in percent by weight. The dye mixtures provide grade jet blackdyeings, on cotton for example, by the dyeing methods customary forreactive dyes.

Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Examples 468 or 469

Example Dye of gen. formula (I) 482 (I-1) 483 (I-1) 484 (I-1) 485 (I-1)486 (I-1) 487 (I-1) 488 (I-1) 489 (I-1) 490 (I-1) 491 (I-1) 492 (I-1)493 (I-1) 494 (I-1) 495 (I-1) 496 (I-1) 497 (I-1) 498 (I-1) 499 (I-1)500 (I-1) 501 (I-1) 502 (I-1) 503 (I-1) 504 (I-1) 505 (I-1) 506 (I-1)507 (I-1) 508 (I-1) 509 (I-1) 510 (I-1) 511 (I-1) 512 (I-1) 513 (I-1)514 (I-1) 515 (I-1) 516 (I-1) 517 (I-1) 518 (I-1) 519 (I-1) 520 (I-1)521 (I-1) 522 (I-1) 523 (I-1) 524 (I-1) 525 (I-1) 526 (I-1) 527 (I-1)528 (I-1) 529 (I-1) 530 (I-1) 531 (I-1) 532 (I-1) 533 (I-1) 534 (I-1)535 (I-1) 536 (I-1) 537 (I-1) 538 (I-1) 539 (I-1) 540 (I-1) 541 (I-1)542 (I-1) 543 (I-1) 544 (I-1) 545 (I-1) 546 (I-1) 547 (I-1) 548 (I-1)549 (I-1) 550 (I-1) 551 (I-1) 552 (I-1) 553 (I-1) 554 (I-1) 555 (I-1)556 (I-1) 557 (I-1) 558 (I-1) 559 (I-1) 560 (I-1) 561 (I-1) 562 (I-1)563 (I-1) 564 (I-1) 565 (I-1) 566 (I-1) 567 (I-1) 568 (I-1) 569 (I-1)570 (I-1) 571 (I-1) 572 (I-1) 573 (I-1) 574 (I-1) 575 (I-1) 576 (I-1)577 (I-1) 578 (I-1) 579 (I-1) 580 (I-1) 581 (I-1) 582 (I-2) 583 (I-2)584 (I-2) 585 (I-2) 586 (I-2) 587 (I-2) 588 (I-2) 589 (I-2) 590 (I-2)591 (I-2) 592 (I-3) 593 (I-3) 594 (I-3) 595 (I-3) 596 (I-4) 597 (I-4)598 (I-4) 599 (I-5) 600 (I-5) 601 (I-6) 602 (I-6) 603 (I-6) 604 (I-6)605 (I-6) 606 (I-6) 607 (I-6) 608 (I-7) 609 (I-7) 610 (I-7) 611 (I-7)612 (I-7) 613 (I-7) 614 (I-7) 615

616 (I-24) 617 (I-24) 618 (I-24) 619 (I-24) 620

621 (I-9) 622 (I-9) 623 (I-9) 624 (I-9) 625

626 (I-10) 627 (I-10) 628 (I-10) 629 (I-10) 630

631 (I-11) 632 (I-11) 633 (I-11) 634 (I-11) 635 (I-12) 636 (I-12) 637(I-12) 638 (I-12) 639

640 (I-13) 641 (I-13) 642

643 (I-14) 644 (I-14) 645

646 (I-15) 647 (I-15) 648 (I-15) 649 (I-15) 650 (I-15) 651 (I-15) 652(I-15) 653

654 (I-16) 655 (I-16) 656 (I-16) 657 (I-16) 658

659 (I-17) 660 (I-17) 661 (I-17) 662 (I-17) 663

664 (I-18) 665 (I-18) 666 (I-18) 667 (I-18) 668

669 (I-19) 670 (I-19) 671 (I-19) 672 (I-19) 673 (I-19) 674 (I-19) 675(I-19) 676

677 (I-20) 678 (I-20) 679 (I-20) 680 (I-20) 681 (I-20) 682

683 (I-21) 684 (I-21) 685 (I-21) 686 (I-21) 687

688 (I-22) 689 (I-22) 690 (I-22) 691 (I-22) 682 (I-22) Example Dye ofgen. formula (II) 482 (II-1) 483 (II-1) 484 (II-1) 485 (II-1) 486 (II-1)487 (II-1) 488 (II-1) 489 (II-1) 490 (II-2) 491 (II-2) 492 (II-2) 493(II-2) 494 (II-2) 495 (II-2) 496 (II-2) 497 (II-3) 498 (II-3) 499 (II-3)500 (II-3) 501 (II-3) 502 (II-3) 503 (II-4) 504 (II-7) 505 (II-7) 506(II-7) 507 (II-7) 508 (II-7) 509 (II-7) 510 (II-8) 511 (II-14) 512(II-14) 513 (II-14) 514 (II-14) 515

516 (II-15) 517 (II-15) 518 (II-15) 519 (II-15) 520

521 (II-54) 522 (II-54) 523 (II-54) 524 (II-54) 525 (II-54) 526

527

528

529

530 (II-24) 531 (II-24) 532 (II-24) 533 (II-24) 534 (II-24) 535

536

537

538

539

540

541 (II-26) 542 (II-26) 543 (II-26) 544

545 (II-27) 546 (II-27) 547 (II-27) 548 (II-27) 549 (II-27) 550

551 (II-67) 552 (II-67) 553 (II-67) 554 (II-67) 555 (II-67) 556 (II-67)557

558

559

560

561 (II-72) 562 (II-72) 563 (II-72) 564

565

566

567

568

569

570

571

572

573

574

575

576 (II-86) 577 (II-86) 578 (II-86) 579

580

581

582 (II-1) 583 (II-2) 584 (II-14) 585 (II-54) 586 (II-24) 587 (II-27)588 (II-67) 589 (II-69) 590 (II-72) 591 (II-86) 592 (II-3) 593 (II-7)594 (II-27) 595 (II-86) 596 (II-4) 597 (II-8) 598 (II-17) 599 (II-4) 600(II-17) 601 (II-1) 602 (II-3) 603 (II-24) 604 (II-27) 605 (II-67) 606(II-72) 607 (II-41) 608 (II-1) 609 (II-2) 610 (II-3) 611 (II-7) 612(II-26) 613 (II-67) 614 (II-72) 615 (II-1) 616 (II-2) 617 (II-3) 618(II-7) 619 (II-67) 620 (II-1) 621 (II-2) 622 (II-3) 623 (II-7) 624(II-67) 625 (II-1) 626 (II-2) 627 (II-3) 628 (II-7) 629 (II-67) 630(II-1) 631 (II-2) 632 (II-3) 633 (II-7) 634 (II-67) 635 (II-3) 636(II-7) 637 (II-27) 638 (II-86) 639 (II-8) 640 (II-17) 641 (II-67) 642(II-4) 643 (II-8) 644 (II-17) 645 (II-1) 646 (II-3) 647 (II-20) 648(II-27) 649 (II-28) 650 (II-72) 651 (II-81) 652 (II-41) 653 (II-1) 654(II-2) 655 (II-3) 656 (II-7) 657 (II-67) 658 (II-1) 659 (II-2) 660(II-3) 661 (II-7) 662 (II-67) 663 (II-1) 664 (II-2) 665 (II-3) 666(II-7) 667 (II-67) 668 (II-1) 669 (II-2) 670 (II-3) 671 (II-7) 672(II-14) 673 (II-26) 674 (II-67) 675 (II-72) 676 (II-1) 677 (II-2) 678(II-3) 679 (II-7) 680 (II-67) 681 (II-80) 682 (II-1) 683 (II-2) 684(II-3) 685 (II-7) 686 (II-67) 687 (II-1) 688 (II-2) 689 (II-3) 690(II-7) 691 (II-67) 692 (II-80) Ratio Example Dye of formula (G)(I):(II):(III) 482 (Ga-2) 63:19:18 483 (Ga-3) 68:20:12 484 (Gb-2)67:20:13 485

65:18:17 486

65:20:15 487 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 488 (Gf-1) 63:18:19 489

70:18:12 490 (Ga-1) 67:20:13 491 (Ga-2) 65:20:15 492 (Ga-6) 64:20:16 493(Gb-3) 67:20:13 494 (Gb-5) 68:20:12 495 (Ge-1) 68:22:10 496 (Gf-2)64:18:18 497 (Ga-1) 70:18:12 498 (Ga-2) 65:15:20 499 (Gb-2) 67:20:13 500(Gb-5) 68:18:14 501 (Ge-1) 72:18:10 502 (Gf-1) 65:15:20 503

67:18:15 504 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 505 (Ga-2) 66:16:18 506 (Gb-2) 70:18:12 507(Gb-5) 67:20:13 508 (Ge-1) 73:17:10 509 (Gf-1) 65:17:18 510

65:20:15 511 (Ga-1) 60:25:15 512 (Gb-5) 66:22:12 513 (Ge-1) 65:23:12 514(Gf-2) 63:20:17 515 (Ga-1) 66:20:14 516 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 517 (Gb-5)68:20:12 518

70:20:10 519 (Gf-1) 68:17:15 520 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 521 (Ga-2) 65:20:15 522(Gb-2) 70:18:12 523 (Gb-5) 67:20:13 524 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 525 (Gf-1)65:18:17 526 (Gb-2) 70:18:12 527 (Ge-1) 67:22:11 528 (Gf-2) 63:20:17 529(Ga-1) 67:20:13 530 (Ga-2) 65:20:15 531 (Gb-2) 70:18:12 532 (Gb-5)67:20:13 533 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 534 (Gf-1) 66:17:17 535 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 536(Gb-2) 68:20:12 537 (Gf-2) 65:20:15 538 (Ga-1) 67:20:13 539 (Gf-1)62:22:16 540 (Ga-1) 70:18:12 541 (Gb-5) 68:20:12 542 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 543(Gf-1) 65:20:15 544 (Ga-1) 67:18:15 545 (Ga-2) 66:17:17 546 (Gb-2)73:15:12 547 (Gb-5) 67:20:13 548 (Ge-1) 70:18:12 549 (Gf-1) 67:15:18 550(Ga-1) 65:20:15 551 (Ga-2) 63:20:17 552 (Ga-6) 64:20:16 553 (Gb-2)63:25:12 554 (Gb-5) 68:20:12 555 (Ge-1) 66:23:11 556 (Gf-1) 60:20:20 557(Ge-1) 65:25:10 558 (Gb-2) 68:20:12 559 (Ga-2) 67:20:13 560 (Ga-1)65:20:15 561 (Gb-5) 68:20:12 562 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 563 (Gf-2) 63:20:17 564

65:20:15 565 (Ge-1) 72:18:10 566 (Ga-1) 67:18:15 567 (Gb-2) 70:15:15 568(Ge-2) 75:15:10 569 (Gf-1) 66:20:14 570 (Gf-2) 65:20:15 571 (Gf-3)68:20:12 572

67:18:15 573 (Ga-3) 62:20:18 574 (Gb-2) 66:22:12 575 (Ga-1) 62:23:15 576(Gb-5) 70:20:10 577 (Ge-1) 67:22:11 578 (Gf-1) 63:20:17 579 (Ga-1)60:25:15 580 (Gf-2) 65:20:15 581 (Gb-2) 67:20:13 582 (Gb-5) 68:20:12 583(Gb-2) 72:18:10 584 (Gf-3) 65:23:12 585 (Ge-2) 70:20:10 586 (Gf-2)67:18:15 587 (Ga-1) 69:18:13 588 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 589 (Gf-1) 65:20:15 590(Gf-4) 66:22:12 591 (Ga-3) 60:20:20 592 (Ge-1) 73:20:7  593 (Gb-5)69:20:11 594 (Gf-2) 70:20:10 595 (Ga-1) 67:22:11 596 (Gb-2) 72:20:8  597(Gf-2) 70:20:10 598 (Ge-1) 73:22:5  599 (Ge-1) 72:20:8  600 (Gb-2)73:20:7  601 (Gb-3) 70:20:10 602 (Gf-3) 67:22:11 603 (Ge-1) 72:20:8  604(Gb-5) 66:20:14 605 (Ga-3) 66:17:17 606 (Gf-4) 63:22:15 607 (Gc-4)67:22:11 608 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 609 (Gb-2) 73:18:9  610 (Gf-1) 67:20:13 611(Gb-5) 66:21:13 612 (Gf-4) 65:20:15 613 (Ga-1) 67:22:11 614 (Gf-3)66:20:14 615 (Gb-5) 68:20:12 616 (Gb-2) 67:22:11 617 (Ga-1) 67:20:13 618(Gf-2) 66:17:17 619 (Ge-1) 70:22:8  620 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 621 (Gf-2)65:20:15 622 (Ga-1) 67:22:11 623 (Gb-5) 67:20:13 624 (Gb-2) 68:22:10 625(Gb-5) 68:20:12 626 (Gb-2) 69:20:11 627 (Ga-1) 67:22:11 628 (Gf-2)66:18:16 629 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 630 (Ge-1) 72:20:8  631 (Gf-1) 66:20:14 632(Ga-1) 68:20:12 633 (Gb-2) 72:18:10 634 (Gb-5) 67:20:13 635 (Ge-1)70:23:7  636 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 637 (Gf-1) 67:20:13 638 (Ga-1) 68:22:10 639(Ge-1) 72:20:8  640 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 641 (Gf-2) 66:20:14 642 (Gb-2)70:20:10 643 (Gf-1) 68:20:12 644 (Ge-1) 72:20:8  645 (Gb-1) 70:20:10 646(Gf-3) 66:22:12 647 (Ge-1) 72:20:8  648 (Gb-1) 67:20:13 649 (Ga-3)66:18:16 650 (Gf-4) 66:20:14 651 (Gf-3) 68:20:12 652 (Gc-4) 70:18:12 653(Ge-1) 72:20:8  654 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 655 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 656 (Gb-5)66:20:14 657 (Gf-1) 66:17:17 658 (Gb-5) 71:18:11 659 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 660(Ga-1) 70:18:12 661 (Gf-2) 67:20:13 662 (Ge-1) 72:18:10 663 (Gb-5)67:20:13 664 (Gb-2) 68:20:12 665 (Ga-1) 68:18:14 666 (Gf-1) 65:20:15 667(Ge-1) 70:20:10 668 (Ge-1) 68:22:10 669 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 670 (Gf-1)67:20:13 671 (Ga-2) 66:22:12 672 (Gf-4) 65:22:13 673 (Gf-3) 67:20:13 674(Ga-1) 68:20:12 675 (Gd-2) 67:22:11 676 (Ge-1) 67:22:11 677 (Gf-1)65:20:15 678 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 679 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 680 (Gb-5) 66:22:12 681(Ga-2) 65:20:15 682 (Gb-5) 68:20:12 683 (Gf-2) 66:20:14 684 (Ga-1)67:20:13 685 (Gb-2) 67:22:11 686 (Ge-1) 68:22:10 687 (Ge-1) 72:20:8  688(Gf-1) 67:20:13 689 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 690 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 691 (Ge-2)67:22:11 692 (Gd-1) 65:20:15

Example Dye of gen. formula (I) 832 (I-2) 833 (I-2) 834 (I-2) 835 (I-2)836 (I-2) 837 (I-2) 838 (I-2) 839 (I-2) 840 (I-2) 841 (I-2) 842 (I-2)843 (I-2) 844 (I-2) 845 (I-2) 846 (I-2) 847 (I-2) 848 (I-2) 849 (I-2)850 (I-2) 851 (I-2) 852 (I-2) 853 (I-2) 854 (I-2) 855 (I-2) 856 (I-2)857 (I-2) 858 (I-2) 859 (I-2) 860 (I-2) 861 (I-2) 862 (I-2) 863 (I-2)864 (I-2) 865 (I-2) 866 (I-2) 867 (I-2) 868 (I-2) 869 (I-2) 870 (I-2)871 (I-2) 872 (I-2) 873 (I-2) 874 (I-2) 875 (I-2) 876 (I-2) 877 (I-2)878 (I-2) 879 (I-2) 880 (I-2) 881 (I-2) 882 (I-2) 883 (I-2) 884 (I-2)885 (I-2) 886 (I-2) 887 (I-2) 888 (I-2) 889 (I-2) 890 (I-2) 891 (I-2)892 (I-2) 893 (I-2) 894 (I-2) 895 (I-2) 896 (I-2) 897 (I-2) 898 (I-2)899 (I-2) 900 (I-2) 901 (I-2) 902 (I-2) 903 (I-2) 904 (I-2) 905 (I-2)906 (I-2) 907 (I-2) 908 (I-2) 909 (I-2) 910 (I-2) 911 (I-2) 912 (I-2)913 (I-2) 914 (I-2) 915 (I-2) 916 (I-2) 917 (I-2) 918 (I-2) 919 (I-2)920 (I-2) 921 (I-2) 922 (I-2) 923 (I-2) 924 (I-2) 925 (I-2) 926 (I-2)927 (I-2) 928 (I-2) 929 (I-2) 930 (I-2) 931 (I-2) 932 (I-2) 933 (I-2)934 (I-2) 935 (I-2) 936 (I-2) 937 (I-2) 938 (I-2) 939 (I-2) 940 (I-2)941 (I-2) 942 (I-2) 943 (I-2) 944 (I-2) 945 (I-2) 946 (I-2) 947 (I-2)948 (I-2) 949 (I-2) 950 (I-2) 951 (I-2) 952 (I-2) 953 (I-2) 954 (I-2)955 (I-2) 956 (I-2) 957 (I-2) 958 (I-2) 959 (I-2) 960 (I-23) 961 (I-23)962 (I-23) 963 (I-23) 964 (I-23) 965 (I-3) 966 (I-3) 967 (I-3) 968 (I-3)969 (I-4) 970 (I-4) 971 (I-4) 972 (I-5) 973 (I-5) 974 (I-6) 975 (I-6)976 (I-6) 977 (I-6) 978 (I-6) 979 (I-6) 980 (I-6) 981 (I-6) 982 (I-6)983 (I-6) 984 (I-7) 985 (I-7) 986 (I-7) 987 (I-7) 988 (I-7) 989 (I-7)990 (I-7) 991 (I-25) 992 (I-25) 993 (I-25) 994 (I-25) 995 (I-25) 996

997 (I-26) 998 (I-26) 999 (I-26) 1000 (I-26) 1001

1002 (I-27) 1003 (I-27) 1004 (I-27) 1005 (I-27) 1006

1007 (I-11) 1008 (I-11) 1009 (I-11) 1010 (I-11) 1011

1012 (I-12) 1013 (I-12) 1014 (I-12) 1015

1016 (I-13) 1017

1018 (I-14) 1019

1020 (I-15) 1021 (I-15) 1022 (I-15) 1023 (I-15) 1024 (I-15) 1025 (I-15)1026 (I-15) 1027 (I-15) 1028 (I-15) 1029

1030 (I-16) 1031 (I-16) 1032 (I-16) 1033 (I-16) 1034

1035 (I-17) 1036 (I-17) 1037 (I-17) 1038 (I-17) 1039

1040 (I-18) 1041 (I-18) 1042 (I-18) 1043 (I-18) 1044

1045 (I-19) 1046 (I-19) 1047 (I-19) 1048 (I-19) 1049 (I-19) 1050 (I-19)1051 (I-19) 1052

1053 (I-20) 1054 (I-20) 1055 (I-20) 1056 (I-20) 1057 (I-20) 1058

1059 (I-21) 1060 (I-21) 1061 (I-21) 1062 (I-21) 1063

1064 (I-22) 1065 (I-22) 1066 (I-22) 1067 (I-22) 1068 (I-22) Example Dyeof gen. formula (II) 832 (II-9) 833 (II-9) 834 (II-9) 835 (II-9) 836(II-9) 837 (II-9) 838 (II-9) 839 (II-9) 840 (II-9) 841 (II-9) 842 (II-5)843 (II-5) 844 (II-5) 845 (II-5) 846 (II-5) 847 (II-5) 848 (II-5) 849(II-5) 850 (II-5) 851 (II-5) 852 (II-5) 853 (II-5) 854 (II-10) 855(II-10) 856 (II-10) 857 (II-10) 858 (II-10) 859 (II-50) 860 (II-12) 861(II-12) 862 (II-12) 863 (II-12) 864 (II-12) 865 (II-51) 866 (II-52) 867(II-52) 868 (II-52) 869 (II-52) 870

871 (II-53) 872 (II-53) 873

874 (II-16) 875 (II-16) 876 (II-16) 877 (II-16) 878 (II-16) 879 (II-16)880 (II-16) 881 (II-16) 882 (II-16) 883 (II-16) 884 (II-16) 885

886 (II-55) 887 (II-55) 888

889 (II-56) 890 (II-56) 891 (II-56) 892

893 (II-19) 894 (II-19) 895 (II-19) 896

897 (II-58) 898 (II-58) 899 (II-58) 900

901 (II-21) 902 (II-21) 903 (II-21) 904

905 (II-61) 906 (II-61) 907 (II-61) 908

909

910 (II-64) 911 (II-64) 912 (II-64) 913

914 (II-65) 915 (II-65) 916 (II-65) 917

918 (II-6) 919 (II-6) 920 (II-6) 921 (II-66) 922 (II-66) 923 (II-66) 924

925 (II-28) 926 (II-28) 927 (II-28) 928

929

930 (II-70) 931 (II-70) 932 (II-70) 933

934

935 (II-32) 936 (II-32) 937

938

939 (II-34) 940 (II-34) 941

942

943

944

945

946

947

948

949

950

951 (II-87) 952 (II-87) 953

954 (II-88) 955

956

957

958

959

960 (II-12) 961 (II-16) 962 (II-19) 963 (II-65) 964 (II-70) 965 (II-10)966 (II-12) 967 (II-66) 968 (II-87) 969 (II-50) 970 (II-51) 971 (II-55)972 (II-50) 973 (II-55) 974 (II-9) 975 (II-10) 976 (II-53) 977 (II-66)978 (II-28) 979 (II-32) 980 (II-75) 981 (II-78) 982 (II-79) 983 (II-40)984 (II-9) 985 (II-5) 986 (II-12) 987 (II-16) 988 (II-65) 989 (II-70)990 (II-34) 991 (II-9) 992 (II-5) 993 (II-12) 994 (II-16) 995 (II-70)996 (II-9) 997 (II-5) 998 (II-12) 999 (II-16) 1000 (II-70) 1001 (II-9)1002 (II-5) 1003 (II-16) 1004 (II-65) 1005 (II-70) 1006 (II-9) 1007(II-5) 1008 (II-12) 1009 (II-16) 1010 (II-70) 1011 (II-10) 1012 (II-12)1013 (II-66) 1014 (II-87) 1015 (II-51) 1016 (II-55) 1017 (II-50) 1018(II-51) 1019 (II-9) 1020 (II-10) 1021 (II-53) 1022 (II-66) 1023 (II-28)1024 (II-32) 1025 (II-75) 1026 (II-78) 1027 (II-79) 1028 (II-82) 1029(I-9) 1030 (II-5) 1031 (II-12) 1032 (II-16) 1033 (II-70) 1034 (I-9) 1035(II-5) 1036 (II-12) 1037 (II-16) 1038 (II-70) 1039 (II-9) 1040 (II-5)1041 (II-12) 1042 (II-16) 1043 (II-70) 1044 (II-9) 1045 (II-5) 1046(II-12) 1047 (II-52) 1048 (II-16) 1049 (II-6) 1050 (II-70) 1051 (II-34)1052 (II-9) 1053 (II-5) 1054 (II-12) 1055 (II-16) 1056 (II-70) 1057(II-39) 1058 (II-9) 1059 (II-5) 1060 (II-12) 1061 (II-16) 1062 (II-70)1063 (II-9) 1064 (II-5) 1065 (II-12) 1066 (II-16) 1067 (II-70) 1068(II-39) Example Dye of formula (G) Ratio (I):(II):(G) 832 (Ga-2)63:19:18 833 (Ga-3) 68:20:12 834

64:20:16 835 (Gb-2) 67:20:13 836

70:20:10 837

65:18:17 838

65:20:15 839 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 840 (Gf-1) 63:18:19 841

70:16:12 842 (Ga-1) 67:20:13 843 (Ga-2) 65:20:15 844 (Ga-3) 67:20:13 845(Ga-6) 64:20:16 846 (Gb-2) 68:20:12 847 (Gb-3) 70:20:10 848 (Gb-5)67:20:13 849 (Gc-1) 66:17:17 850 (Gd-1) 65:20:15 851 (Ge-1) 72:18:10 852(Gf-2) 64:18:18 853 (Gf-4) 68:20:12 854 (Ga-1) 70:18:12 855 (Ga-2)65:15:20 856 (Gb-2) 67:20:13 857 (Ge-1) 72:18:10 858 (Gf-1) 65:15:20 859

67:18:15 860 (Ga-1) 69:19:12 861 (Ga-2) 67:15:18 862 (Gb-2) 68:18:14 863(Ge-1) 73:17:10 864 (Gf-1) 67:16:17 865

66:18:16 866 (Ga-1) 65:20:15 867 (Gb-2) 67:20:13 868 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 869(Gf-2) 64:20:16 870 (Ga-1) 72:16:12 871 (Gb-3) 75:15:10 872

70:20:10 873 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 874 (Ga-2) 65:20:15 875 (Ga-3) 67:20:13 876(Ga-6) 64:20:16 877 (Gb-2) 70:18:12 878 (Gb-3) 70:20:10 879 (Gb-5)67:20:13 880 (Gc-1) 66:17:17 881 (Gd-1) 65:20:15 882 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 883(Gf-1) 65:18:17 884 (Gf-4) 68:20:12 885 (Ga-3) 66:18:16 886 (Gb-3)70:18:12 887 (Gc-3) 67:18:15 888 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 889 (Gb-2) 70:18:12 890(Ge-1) 70:20:10 891 (Gf-2) 65:18:17 892 (Ga-2) 67:20:13 893 (Gb-2)72:17:11 894 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 895 (Gf-1) 66:17:17 896 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 897(Gb-2) 70:18:12 898 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 899 (Gf-2) 65:17:18 900 (Ga-1)67:20:13 901 (Gb-2) 72:16:12 902 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 903 (Gf-1) 65:20:15 904(Ga-2) 68:20:12 905 (Gb-2) 71:17:12 906 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 907 (Gf-1)65:18:17 908 (Gf-2) 66:20:14 909 (Ga-1) 67:20:13 910 (Gb-2) 70:18:12 911(Ge-1) 70:20:10 912 (Gf-1) 66:17:17 913 (Ga-2) 67:20:13 914 (Gb-2)70:18:12 915 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 916 (Gf-2) 65:18:17 917 (Ga-1) 70:18:12 918(Gb-2) 73:15:12 919 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 920 (Gf-1) 65:20:15 921 (Ga-1)67:18:15 922 (Ge-1) 70:18:12 923 (Gf-1) 67:15:18 924 (Ga-1) 66:20:15 925(Gb-2) 66:22:12 926 (Ge-1) 66:23:11 927 (Gf-2) 66:20:17 928 (Ge-1)68:22:10 929 (Ga-2) 66:21:13 930 (Gb-2) 68:20:12 931 (Ge-1) 69:20:11 932(Gf-1) 65:18:17 933 (Ga-2) 67:20:13 934 (Ga-2) 65:20:15 935 (Ge-1)70:20:10 936 (Gf-2) 65:18:17 937

67:18:15 938 (Ga-1) 67:18:15 939 (Gf-1) 66:17:17 940 (Ge-1) 72:18:10 941(Ga-1) 67:18:15 942 (Gb-2) 70:15:15 943 (Ge-2) 75:15:10 944 (Gf-1)66:20:14 945 (Gf-2) 65:20:15 946 (Gf-3) 70:18:12 947

67:18:15 948 (Ga-3) 64:20:16 949 (Gb-2) 66:22:12 950 (Ga-1) 65:20:15 951(Ge-1) 67:22:11 952 (Gf-1) 63:20:17 953 (Ga-1) 60:25:15 954 (Ge-1)68:22:10 955 (Gf-2) 65:20:15 956 (Gb-2) 67:20:13 957 (Ga-2) 65:20:15 958(Ga-2) 65:20:15 959 (Gf-3) 70:20:10 960 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 961 (Gf-2)65:20:15 962 (Gf-1) 65:18:17 963 (Ge-2) 70:20:10 964 (Ga-2) 68:19:13 965(Ge-1) 72:20:8 966 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 967 (Gf-1) 67:20:13 968 (Ga-1)68:20:12 969 (Gb-2) 70:22:8 970 (Gf-2) 70:20:10 971 (Ge-1) 72:22:6 972(Ge-1) 71:21:8 973 (Gb-2) 70:23:7 974 (Gb-3) 70:20:10 975 (Gf-3)68:21:11 976 (Ge-1) 72:20:8 977 (Gb-1) 68:20:12 978 (Ga-3) 67:17:16 979(Gf-4) 65:20:15 980 (Gc-4) 67:22:11 981 (Gf-3) 69:22:11 982 (Gc-4)70:20:10 983 (Gf-3) 68:22:10 984 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 985 (Gb-2) 72:18:10 986(Gf-1) 67:20:13 987 (Ga-2) 65:22:13 988 (Gf-4) 65:20:15 989 (Ga-1)67:22:11 990 (Gf-3) 68:20:12 991 (Ga-1) 67:20:13 992 (Gb-2) 67:22:11 993(Ge-1) 70:20:10 994 (Gf-2) 66:17:17 995 (Gf-1) 65:18:14 996 (Ga-1)67:22:11 997 (Gf-2) 65:20:15 998 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 999 (Ga-2) 67:20:131000 (Gb-2) 68:22:10 1001 (Gb-2) 68:20:12 1002 (Gf-1) 65:20:15 1003(Gf-2) 66:18:16 1004 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 1005 (Ga-1) 67:22:11 1006 (Ge-2)72:20:8 1007 (Gf-1) 66:20:14 1008 (Gb-2) 72:18:10 1009 (Ga-1) 68:20:121010 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 1011 (Ge-1) 70:23:7 1012 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1013(Gf-1) 67:20:13 1014 (Ga-1) 68:21:11 1015 (Ge-1) 72:20:8 1016 (Gb-2)70:20:10 1017 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1018 (Gf-1) 69:20:11 1019 (Gb-3) 70:20:101020 (Gf-3) 68:20:12 1021 (Ge-1) 72:20:8 1022 (Gb-1) 68:20:12 1023(Ga-3) 68:17:15 1024 (Gf-4) 66:20:14 1025 (Gc-4) 69:20:11 1026 (Gf-3)70:18:12 1027 (Gc-4) 70:20:10 1028 (Gf-3) 68:22:10 1029 (Ga-1) 68:20:121030 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1031 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 1032 (Gf-1) 66:20:14 1033(Gf-2) 67:17:16 1034 (Ge-2) 75:17:8 1035 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 1036 (Ga-1)70:18:12 1037 (Gf-2) 67:20:13 1038 (Gb-2) 72:18:10 1039 (Ga-1) 68:20:121040 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1041 (Ge-1) 72:18:10 1042 (Gf-1) 65:20:15 1043(Ge-2) 70:20:10 1044 (Ga-1) 69:20:11 1045 (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1046 (Gf-1)67:20:13 1047 (Gf-4) 68:20:12 1048 (Ga-2) 67:20:13 1049 (Gf-3) 67:20:131050 (Ge-1) 68:20:12 1051 (Gd-2) 67:22:11 1052 (Ge-2) 70:20:10 1053(Gf-1) 65:20:15 1054 (Ga-1) 68:20:12 1055 (Gb-2) 69:20:11 1056 (Ge-1)68:22:10 1057 (Ga-2) 66:20:14 1058 (Ga-1) 67:20:13 1059 (Gf-2) 66:20:141060 (Ge-1) 70:20:10 1061 (Gb-2) 67:22:11 1062 (Ge-2) 68:22:10 1063(Ge-2) 72:20:8 1064 (Gf-1) 66:20:14 1065 (Ge-1) 69:20:11 1066 (Gb-2)70:20:10 1067 (Ga-1) 67:22:11 1068 (Gd-1) 65:20:15Further Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 820 or 821

Dye of Dye of Dye of Ratio Example gen. formula (I) gen. formula (II)Formula (G) (I):(II):(G) 1069 (I-1) (II-9) 

72:18:10 1070 (I-1) (II-5) 

68:21:11 1071 (I-1) (II-12)

70:20:10 1072 (I-1) (II-16)

70:18:12 1073 (I-2) (II-6)  (Ga-9) 72:17:11 1074 (I-2) (II-78) (Ga-7)73:18:9  1075 (I-4) (II-9)  (Ga-7) 72:18:10 1076 (I-4) (II-5)  (Ga-8)68:21:11 1077 (I-4) (II-12) (Ga-9) 70:20:10 1078 (I-4) (II-16)  (Ga-10)70:18:12 1079 (I-4) (II-6)  (Ga-9) 72:17:11 1080 (I-4) (II-78) (Ga-7)73:18:9  1081 (I-7) (II-9)  (Ga-7) 72:18:10 1082 (I-7) (II-5)  (Ga-8)68:21:11 1083 (I-7) (II-12) (Ga-9) 70:20:10 1084 (I-7) (II-16)  (Ga-10)70:18:12 1085 (I-7) (II-6)  (Ga-9) 72:17:11 1086 (I-7) (II-78) (Ga-7)73:18:9 Further Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 468 or 469

Dye of Dye of Dye of Ratio Example gen. formula (I) gen. formula (II)Formula (G) (I):(II):(G) 693 (I-1) (II-1)

72:18:10 694 (I-1) (II-2)

68:21:11 695 (I-1) (II-7)

70:20:10 696 (I-1) (II-54)

70:18:12 697 (I-1) (II-26) (Ga-9) 72:17:11 698 (I-1) (II-77) (Ga-7)73:18:9 699 (I-2) (II-1) (Ga-7) 72:18:10 760 (I-2) (II-2) (Ga-7)68:21:11 701 (I-2) (II-7) (Ga-9) 70:20:10 702 (I-2) (II-54) (Ga-10)70:18:12 703 (I-2) (II-26) (Ga-9) 72:17:11 704 (I-2) (II-77) (Ga-7)73:18:9 705 (I-4) (II-1) (Ga-7) 72:18:10 706 (I-4) (II-2) (Ga-8)68:21:11 707 (I-4) (II-7) (Ga-9) 70:20:10 708 (I-4) (II-54) (Ga-10)70:18:12 709 (I-4) (II-26) (Ga-9) 72:17:11 710 (I-4) (II-77) (Ga-7)73:18:9 711 (I-7) (II-1) (Ga-7) 72:18:10 712 (I-7) (II-2) (Ga-8)68:21:11 713 (I-7) (II-7) (Ga-9) 70:20:10 714 (I-7) (II-54) (Ga-10)70:18:12 715 (I-7) (II-26) (Ga-9) 72:17:11 716 (I-7) (II-77) (Ga-7)73:18:9Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 473

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II)formula (G) Ratio (I):(II):(G) 717 (I-1) (II-1) (Gf-2) 65:20:15 718(I-2) (II-3) (Ge-1) 70:20:10 719 (I-6) (II-41) (Gf-3) 67:22:11 720 (I-7)(II-14) (Gd-2) 65:22:13 721 (I-24) (II-15) (Gf-1) 67:20:13 722 (I-9)(II-17) (Ga-3) 67:18:15 723 (I-10) (II-54) (Ga-4) 66:22:12 724 (I-16)(II-83) (Ga-2) 65:20:15 725 (I-17) (II-85) (Gb-5) 67:20:13 726 (I-18)(II-76) (Gb-3) 70:17:13 727 (I-20) (II-77) (Gf-3) 70:15:15 728 (I-21)(II-38) (Gd-1) 65:20:15Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 474

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II) Ratio (I):(II)729 (I-3) (II-1) 70:30 730 (I-3) (II-2) 67:33 731 (I-3) (II-54) 70:30732 (I-3) (II-24) 75:25 733 (I-3) (II-26) 70:30 734 (I-3) (II-67) 72:28735 (I-3) (II-69) 75:25 736 (I-3) (II-72) 68:32 737 (I-4) (II-1) 67:33738 (I-4) (II-2) 65:35 739 (I-4) (II-3) 75:25 740 (I-4) (II-14) 68:32741 (I-4) (II-54) 70:30 742 (I-4) (II-24) 76:24 743 (I-4) (II-26) 72:28744 (I-4) (II-27) 77:23 745 (I-4) (II-67) 73:27 746 (I-4) (II-69) 70:30747 (I-4) (II-72) 70:30 748 (I-4) (II-86) 80:20 749 (I-5) (II-1) 70:30750 (I-5) (II-2) 67:33 751 (I-5) (II-3) 72:28 752 (I-5) (II-7) 70:30 753(I-5) (II-14) 66:34 754 (I-5) (II-54) 68:32 755 (I-5) (II-24) 75:25 756(I-5) (II-26) 73:27 757 (I-5) (II-27) 75:25 758 (I-5) (II-67) 72:28 759(I-5) (II-69) 70:30 760 (I-5) (II-72) 70:30 761 (I-12) (II-54) 70:30 762(I-12) (II-26) 75:25 763 (I-12) (II-69) 68:32 764 (I-13) (II-1) 75:25765 (I-13) (II-2) 67:33 766 (I-13) (II-3) 70:30 767 (I-13) (II-7) 72:28768 (I-13) (II-14) 65:35 769 (I-13) (II-54) 68:32 770 (I-13) (II-24)73:27 771 (I-13) (II-26) 72:28 772 (I-13) (II-27) 75:25 773 (I-13)(II-67) 70:30 774 (I-13) (II-69) 68:32 775 (I-13) (II-72) 70:30 776(I-14) (II-1) 72:28 777 (I-14) (II-2) 68:32 778 (I-14) (II-3) 72:28 779(I-14) (II-7) 70:30 780 (I-14) (II-14) 66:34 781 (I-14) (II-54) 70:30782 (I-14) (II-24) 75:25 783 (I-14) (II-26) 72:28 784 (I-14) (II-27)74:26 785 (I-14) (II-67) 72:28 786 (I-14) (II-69) 68:32 787 (I-14)(II-72) 72:28 788 (I-14) (II-86) 75:25Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 475

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II) Ratio (I):(II)789 (I-4) (II-4) 70:30 790 (I-5) (II-17) 75:25 791 (I-12) (II-1) 73:27792 (I-12) (II-2) 70:30 793 (I-12) (II-24) 72:28 794 (I-12) (II-67)73:27 795 (I-12) (II-72) 72:28 796 (I-12) (II-45) 65:35 797 (I-13)(II-4) 75:25 798 (I-14) (II-17) 77:23Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 476

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II)formula (G) Ratio (I):(II):(G) 799 (I-1) (II-24) (Gf-2) 66:20:14 800(I-1) (II-67) (Gb-5) 67:20:13 801 (I-1) (II-72) (Gf-1) 65:20:15 802(I-1) (II-45) (Ga-3) 60:25:15 803 (I-2) (II-57) (Ge-1) 70:20:10 804(I-2) (II-62) (Ga-1) 65:22:13 805 (I-2) (II-27) (Gb-2) 70:20:10 806(I-2) (II-35) (Gf-1) 66:20:14 807 (I-7) (II-63) (Ge-1) 70:22:8  808(I-7) (II-26) (Gb-2) 70:20:10 809 (I-7) (II-31) (Gd-2) 67:20:13 810(I-7) (II-47) (Gb-1) 65:25:10 811 (I-24) (II-20) (Ga-2) 65:20:15 812(I-24) (II-60) (Gf-1) 67:18:15 813 (I-24) (II-25) (Gf-3) 66:20:14 814(I-24) (II-68) (Gb-2) 67:22:11 815 (I-24) (II-73) (Gd-2) 65:18:17 816(I-9) (II-8) (Gf-1) 65:20:15 817 (I-10) (II-59) (Gb-2) 67:22:11 818(I-10) (II-69) (Ga-1) 65:23:12 819 (I-10) (II-74) (Ga-2) 67:20:13

EXAMPLE 820

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-2)

in a 70% fraction, 20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-9)

in a 75% fraction, and 10 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Ga-1)

in a 70% fraction are mixed mechanically with one another.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention provides jet black dyeingsand prints, on cotton for example, under the dyeing conditions customaryfor reactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 821

65 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-2) in a 70% fraction, 15 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the scarlet disazo dye ofthe formula (II-5)

in a 75% fraction, and 20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Gf-1)

in a 60% dye fraction are dissolved in 750 parts of water and the dyesolution obtained is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Evaporativeconcentration of this dye solution gives a dye mixture which providesjet black dyeings and prints on cotton under the dyeing conditionscustomary for reactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 822

a) 419 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1000parts of ice-water and 268 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 258 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-sulfonic acid, 76.5 parts of7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, and 32 parts of2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid are added and coupling takes place in afirst stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 and below 20° C. to give a mixtureor the three monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (15-1), (17-3), and(Ga-3). The stated pH range is set and maintained during the couplingreaction by the addition of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel 464 parts of2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1350 partsof ice-water and 269 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotized bydropwise addition of 259 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is subsequently removed with aminosulfonic acid solution,and the diazo suspension obtained is pumped, after the end of the firstcoupling, into the solution of the monoazo dyes from a).

Then the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below 25° C. using sodium carbonate,and the 70:20:10 mixture of the three disazo dyes (I-2), (II-10), and(Gb-1) obtained after the end of the second coupling reaction isisolated by concentration under reduced pressure or by spray drying.

Alternatively, the resulting dye solution can also be buffered at a pHof 5.5-6 by adding a phosphate buffer and adjusted to further dilutionor concentration to give a liquid brand of defined strength.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 823

-   a) 311 parts of 2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are    suspended in 900 parts of ice-water and 181 parts of 30%    hydrochloric acid and diazotized by dropwise addition of 174 parts    of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319 parts of    1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid are added and    coupling takes place in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 and    at below 20° C. to give a red monoazo dye of the formula (15-3). The    stated pH range is set and maintained during the coupling reaction    by addition of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of this first coupling, the reaction mixture is admixedwith an aqueous solution of 200 parts of the scarlet monoazo dye of theformula (17-4) and 94 parts of the yellow monoazo dye of the formula(Ga-4),

obtained by diazotizing 161 parts of2-amino-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonic acid with 77 parts of40% sodium nitrite solution in an acidic medium and then coupling theproducts to a mixture of 70.5 parts of7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid and 28 parts of2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid at a pH of 1-2.

b) 406 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 950parts of ice-water and 260 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 250 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Afterremoval of the excess of nitrite with amidosulfonic acid solution, thediazo suspension is pumped into the mixture of the three monoazo dyes(15-3), (17-4), and (Ga-4) from a) and the pH is adjusted to 5-6 atbelow 25° C. using sodium carbonate. The 70:20:10 mixture of the threedisazo dyes (I-23), (II-5), and (Gb-2) obtained after the end of thecoupling reaction is subsequently isolated by concentration underreduced pressure or by spray drying.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 824

562 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1300parts of ice-water and 360 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 346 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Afterremoval of the excess nitrite with amidosulfonic acid solution, 79 partsof 7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid and 32 parts of2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid are added and coupling takes placeinitially in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 and at below 20° C.to give a mixture of two monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (17-3)and (Ga-3). The stated pH range is set and maintained during thecoupling reaction by addition of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling the reaction mixture was admixedwith. 707 parts of the monoazo dye of formula (15-3) in the form of anaqueous solution and the mixture is adjusted to a pH of 5-6 at below 25°C. using sodium carbonate. The 70:20:10 mixture of the three disazo dyes(I-23), (II-9), and (Gb-3) obtained after the end of the second couplingreaction is isolated by spray drying or concentration under reducedpressure.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 825

a) 351 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 825parts of ice-water and 225 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 216 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 319parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic and 60 parts of7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid are added and couplingtakes place in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 and at below 20°C. to give a mixture of the two monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae(15-1) and (17-3). The stated pH range is set and maintained during thecoupling reaction by addition of solid sodium hydrogen carbonate.

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel 427 parts of2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 1150pads of ice-water and 226 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotizedby dropwise addition of 217 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. Theexcess nitrite is then removed with amidosulfonic acid solution, and thediazo suspension obtained is pumped, after the end of the firstcoupling, into the solution of the two monoazo dyes from a).

Then the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below 25° C. using sodium carbonate,and the dye solution obtained after the end of the second couplingreaction is admixed with 225 parts of a yellow dye of formula (Gf-2).The resultant 69:16:15 mixture of the three disazo dyes (I-3), (II-50),and (Gf-2) can be isolated by concentration under reduced pressure or byspray drying.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 826

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the greenishnavy disazo dye of the formula (I-4)

in a 70% fraction and 30 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-12)

again in a 70% fraction, are dissolved in 600 parts of water and theresulting dye solution is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentration ofthis dye solution gives a binary dye mixture which provides jet blackdyeings and prints on cotton under the dyeing conditions customary forreactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 827

a) 341 parts of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline aresuspended in 950 parts of ice-water and 180 parts of 30% hydrochloricacid and diazotized by dropwise addition of 173 parts of 40% sodiumnitrite solution. 319 parts of1-amino-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid are added and couplingtakes place in a first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.5 and at below 20°C. to give a red monoazo dye of the formula (15-2). The stated pH rangeis set and maintained during the coupling reaction by addition of solidsodium hydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling the reaction mixture is admixed withan aqueous solution of 223 parts of the scarlet monoazo dye of theformula (17-4), obtained by diazotizing 119 parts of2-amino-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)benzenesulfonic acid with 57 parts of40% sodium nitrite solution in an acidic medium and then coupling theproduct to 79 parts of 7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid at apH of 1-2.

b) In a second, separate reaction vessel 433 parts of2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)anilines are suspended in1250 parts of ice-water and 240 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid anddiazotized by dropwise addition of 230 parts of 40% sodium nitritesolution. The excess nitrite is then removed with amidosulfonic acidsolution, and the resulting diazo suspension is pumped into the solutionof the monoazo dye mixture from a).

The pH is then adjusted to 5-6 at below 25° C. using sodium carbonate,and the 76:24 mixture of the two disazo dyes (I-5) and (II-51) formedafter the end of the second coupling reaction is isolated byconcentration under reduced pressure or by spray drying.

The resulting binary dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton in blackshades.

EXAMPLE 828

A binary mixture, prepared in analogy to the procedure described inExample 827, of 1021 parts of the navy disazo dye of the formula (I-23)and 335 parts of the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-5) is admixedwith 168 parts of the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Ge-1)

the mixture is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5, and the product is isolatedby concentrating the aqueous solution. The resulting dye mixture of theinvention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 829

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-6)

in a 70% fraction, 18 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-9) in a 75%fraction, and 12 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powdercontaining the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Gf-3)

in a 70% fraction are mixed with one another as described in Example820.

The resultant dye mixture of the invention provides jet black dyeings,on cotton for example, under the dyeing conditions customary forreactive dyes and also with an amount of salt reduces as compared withthe standard method.

EXAMPLE 830

A binary mixture, prepared in analogy to the procedure described inExample 825, of 1012 parts of the navy disazo dye of the formula (I-7)and 290 parts of the scarlet disazo dye of the formula (II-52) isadmixed with 145 parts of the yellow disazo dye of the formula (Ga-2),the mixture is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5, and the product is isolatedby concentrating the aqueous solution. The resultant dye mixture of theinvention dyes cotton in black shades.

EXAMPLE 831

927 parts of 2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspendedin 2700 parts of ice-water and 540 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid anddiazotized by dropwise addition of 519 parts of 40% sodium nitritesolution. 319 parts of 1-amino-8-hydroxy-naphthalene-3,6-disulfonicacid, 77 parts of 7-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, and 32parts of 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid are added and coupling takesplace initially in the first stage at a pH of from 1 to 1.3 and at below20° C. to give a mixture of three monoazo dyes conforming to theformulae (15-3), (17-5), and (Ga-5). The stated pH range is set andmaintained during the coupling reaction by addition of solid sodiumhydrogen carbonate.

After the end of the first coupling, the pH is adjusted to 5-6 at below25° C. using sodium carbonate, and the 70:20:10 mixture of the threedisazo dyes (I-25), (II-66), and (Gb-4) obtained after the end of thesecond coupling reaction is isolated by spray drying.

The resulting dye mixture of the invention dyes cotton black shades.

EXAMPLES 832 TO 1186

The tabular examples below describe further inventive mixtures of thedyes of the general formulae (I) and (II) or (I), (II) and (G), eachrecited in the form of the sodium salts. The mixing proportions areindicated in percent by weight. The dye mixtures provide gray to jetblack dyeings, on cotton for example, by the dyeing methods customaryfor reactive dyes.

Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 820 or 821Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 825

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II)formula (G) Ratio (I):(II):(G) 1087 (I-2) (II-10) (Ga-1) 68:18:14 1088(I-23) (II-28) (Ge-1) 70:20:10 1089 (I-3) (II-50) (Gb-2) 70:18:12 1090(I-6) (II-82) (Gf-3) 68:20:12 1091 (I-7) (II-52) (Gd-2) 65:22:13 1092(I-26) (II-51) (Gf-2) 67:18:15 1093 (I-17) (II-43) (Gf-1) 67:18:15 1094(I-21) (II-79) (Gd-1) 65:20:15Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 826

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II) Ratio (I):(II)1095 (I-3) (II-9) 70:30 1096 (I-3) (II-5) 67:33 1097 (I-3) (II-16) 70:301098 (I-3) (II-19) 73:27 1099 (I-3) (II-65) 72:28 1100 (I-3) (II-6)70:30 1101 (I-3) (II-70) 75:25 1102 (I-3) (II-34) 68:32 1103 (I-4)(II-9) 67:33 1104 (I-4) (II-5) 65:35 1105 (I-4) (II-12) 75:25 1106 (I-4)(II-53) 68:32 1107 (I-4) (II-16) 70:30 1108 (I-4) (II-19) 76:24 1109(I-4) (II-65) 73:27 1110 (I-4) (II-6) 72:28 1111 (I-4) (II-66) 77:231112 (I-4) (II-70) 70:30 1113 (I-4) (II-34) 70:30 1114 (I-4) (II-87)80:20 1115 (I-5) (II-9) 70:30 1116 (I-5) (II-5) 67:33 1117 (I-5) (II-12)72:28 1118 (I-5) (II-53) 66:34 1119 (I-5) (II-16) 68:32 1120 (I-5)(II-19) 75:25 1121 (I-5) (II-6) 73:27 1122 (I-5) (II-66) 75:25 1123(I-5) (II-28) 72:28 1124 (I-5) (II-70) 70:30 1125 (I-5) (II-32) 70:301126 (I-5) (II-87) 75:25 1127 (I-12) (II-16) 70:30 1128 (I-12) (II-6)75:25 1129 (I-12) (II-70) 68:32 1130 (I-13) (II-9) 75:25 1131 (I-13)(II-5) 67:33 1132 (I-13) (II-12) 72:28 1133 (I-13) (II-53) 65:35 1134(I-13) (II-16) 68:32 1135 (I-13) (II-19) 73:27 1136 (I-13) (II-65) 70:301137 (I-13) (II-6) 72:28 1138 (I-13) (II-66) 75:25 1139 (I-13) (II-70)68:32 1140 (I-13) (II-34) 70:30 1141 (I-13) (II-87) 74:26 1142 (I-14)(II-9) 72:28 1143 (I-14) (II-5) 68:32 1144 (I-14) (II-12) 70:30 1145(I-14) (II-53) 66:34 1146 (I-14) (II-16) 70:30 1147 (I-14) (II-19) 75:251148 (I-14) (II-65) 72:28 1149 (I-14) (II-6) 72:28 1150 (I-14) (II-66)74:26 1151 (I-14) (II-70) 68:32 1152 (I-14) (II-34) 72:28 1153 (I-14)(II-87) 75:25Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 827

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II) Ratio (I):(II)1154 (I-4) (II-50) 70:30 1155 (I-5) (II-55) 75:25 1156 (I-12) (II-9)73:27 1157 (I-12) (II-5) 70:30 1158 (I-12) (II-56) 72:28 1159 (I-12)(II-21) 68:32 1160 (I-12) (II-64) 70:30 1161 (I-12) (II-28) 73:27 1162(I-12) (II-32) 72:28 1163 (I-12) (II-88) 65:35 1164 (I-13) (II-50) 75:251165 (I-14) (II-55) 77:23Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 828

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Example formula (I) formula (II)formula (G) Ratio (I):(II):(G) 1166 (I-2) (II-12) (Gf-2) 64:20:16 1167(I-2) (II-61) (Ga-1) 67:20:13 1168 (I-2) (II-75) (Gf-1) 62:22:16 1169(I-23) (II-56) (Ge-1) 70:20:10 1170 (I-23) (II-21) (Ga-1) 65:22:13 1171(I-23) (II-64) (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1172 (I-23) (II-32) (Gf-2) 61:18:15 1173(I-23) (II-88) (Ga-2) 65:20:15 1174 (I-7) (II-23) (Ge-1) 70:22:8  1175(I-7) (II-6) (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1176 (I-7) (II-71) (Gd-2) 67:20:13 1177(I-7) (II-90) (Gf-1) 63:22:15 1178 (I-26) (II-55) (Gf-1) 65:20:15 1179(I-27) (II-10) (Ga-1) 68:20:12 1180 (I-27) (II-12) (Gb-2) 70:20:10 1181(I-27) (II-61) (Ge-1) 72:18:10 1182 (I-27) (II-75) (Gf-2) 66:20:14 1183(I-15) (II-40) (Gf-3) 68:20:12 1184 (I-16) (II-84) (Gb-2) 68:22:10 1185(I-18) (II-36) (Ga-2) 67:20:13 1186 (I-20) (II-78) (Gf-3) 70:20:10

EXAMPLE 1187

70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navydisazo dye of the formula (I-1) in a 70% fraction, 8 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the scarlet disazo dye ofthe formula (II-2) in a 75% fraction, 12 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the orange-colored azo dyeof the formula (III-21) in an 80% fraction, and 10 parts of anelectrolyte-containing dye powder containing the yellow azo dye of theformula (Ga-1) in a 75% fraction are dissolved in 700 parts of water andthe resulting dye solution is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentrationof this dye solution gives a dye mixture which provides jet blackdyeings and prints on cotton under the dyeing conditions customary forreactive dyes.

Alternatively the dye solution obtained can be buffered at a pH of 5.5-6by addition of a phosphate buffer and adjusted by further dilution orconcentration to give a liquid brand of defined strength.

EXAMPLE 1188

An aqueous solution prepared in analogy to Example 2 of the three dyes(I-1), (II-2), and (III-1) in a ratio of 65:15:10 is admixed with 10parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing theorange-colored azo dye of the formula (III-21) in an 80% fraction, andthe resulting dye solution is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentrationof this dye solution gives a dye mixture which provides jet blackdyeings and prints on cotton under the dyeing conditions customary forreactive dyes.

EXAMPLE 1189

An aqueous solution prepared in analogy to Example 2 of the three dyes(I-1), (II-1), and (III-1) in a ratio of 66:17:7 is admixed with 10parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the yellow azodye of the formula (Ga-1) in an 75% fraction, and the resulting dyesolution is adjusted to a pH of 5.5-6.5. Concentration of this dyesolution gives a dye mixture which provides jet black dyeings and printson cotton under the dyeing conditions customary for reactive dyes.

Further Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 1187

Dye of Dye of Dye of Dye of Example gen. formula (I) gen. formula (II)gen. formula (III) Formula (G) Ratio 1190 (I-1) (II-1)  (III-21) (Ga-1)70:10:10:10 1191 (I-1) (II-2)  (III-22)

66:12:10:12 1192 (I-1) (II-6)  (III-23)

70:11:12:7  1193 (I-1) (II-7)  (III-24)

68:8:10:14  1194 (I-1) (II-24) (III-27)

67:11:12:10 1195 (I-1) (II-26) (III-21)

70:12:10:8  1196 (I-1) (II-34) (III-29)

69:11:8:12  1197 (I-1) (II-37) (III-24)

70:10:10:10 1198 (I-1) (II-44) (III-26)

64:13:10:13 1199 (I-1) (II-45) (III-22)

60:15:10:15 1200 (I-1) (II-46) (III-26)

62:15:10:13 1201 (I-2) (II-48) (III-23)

69:13:10:8  1202 (I-2) (II-5) (III-27)

70:10:10:10Further Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 188

Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of gen. Dye of Example formula (I) formula(II) formula (III) gen. Formula (III) Ratio 1203 (I-1) (II-1) (III-21)(III-7) 70:10:10:10 1204 (I-1) (II-2) (III-22) (III-1) 66:12:12:10 1205(I-1) (II-6) (III-23) (III-13) 70:11:11:8 1206 (I-1) (II-7) (III-24)(III-8) 68:10:10:12 1207 (I-1) (II-24) (III-27) (III-4) 65:11:12:12 1208(I-1) (II-26) (III-21) (III-10) 70:12:10:8 1209 (I-1) (II-34) (III-29)(III-14) 70:11:8:11 1210 (I-1) (II-37) (III-24) (III-7) 70:10:10:10 1211(I-1) (II-44) (III-26) (III-5) 65:13:10:12 1212 (I-1) (II-45) (III-22)(III-2) 60:15:10:15 1213 (I-1) (II-46) (III-26) (III-6) 64:15:10:11 1214(I-1) (II-48) (III-23) (III-3) 66:12:10:12 1215 (I-2) (II-5) (III-27)(III-1) 70:10:10:10Further Dye Mixtures in Accordance with Example 1189

Dye of Dye of Dye of Dye of Example gen. formula (I) gen. formula (II)gen. formula (III) Formula (G) Ratio 1216 (I-1) (II-1) (III-7) (Ga-2)67:10:11:12 1217 (I-1) (II-2) (III-1) (Ga-1) 67:12:10:11 1218 (I-1)(II-6) (III-13) (Ga-9) 70:11:12:7 1219 (I-1) (II-7) (III-8) (Gf-1)67:8:10:15 1220 (I-1) (II-24) (III-4) (Ge-1) 67:11:12:10 1221 (I-1)(II-26) (III-10) (Gf-3) 69:12:10:9 1222 (I-1) (II-34) (III-14) (Gd-2)67:11:10:12 1223 (I-1) (II-37) (III-7) (Ga-7) 70:10:10:10 1224 (I-1)(II-44) (III-5) (Ga-3) 65:13:10:12 1225 (I-1) (II-45) (III-2) (Ga-6)60:15:10:15 1226 (I-1) (II-46) (III-6) (Gc-2) 62:15:10:13 1227 (I-2)(II-48) (III-3) (Gb-3) 69:13:10:8 1228 (I-2) (II-5) (III-1) (Gb-2)70:10:10:10

Use Example 1

2 parts of a dye mixture obtained in accordance with Example 1-10, 449,468-481, 820 to 832, 1187-1189 and 50 parts of sodium chloride aredissolved in 999 parts of water, and 5 parts of sodium carbonate, 0.7part of sodium hydroxide (in the form of a 32.5% aqueous solution) andoptionally 1 part of a wetting agent are added. This dyebath is enteredwith 100 g of a cotton fabric. The temperature of the dyebath is firstmaintained at 25° C. for 10 minutes, then raised over 30 minutes to thefinal temperature (40-80° C.) and maintained at that level for a further60-90 minutes. Thereafter, the dyed material is rinsed initially withtap water for 2 minutes and then with demonized water for 5 minutes. Thedyed material is neutralized at 40° C. in 1000 parts of an aqueoussolution containing 1 part of 50% acetic acid for 10 minutes. It issubsequently rinsed with demonized water at 70° C. and thereafter soapedat the boil with a detergent for 15 minutes, rinsed once more, anddried. This gives a strong navy to gray dyeing having very good fastnessproperties.

Use Example 2

6 parts of a dye mixture in accordance with Example 1-10, 449, 468-481,820 to 831, 1187-1189 and 50 parts of sodium chloride are dissolved in998 parts of water, and 7 parts of sodium carbonate, 2 parts of sodiumhydroxide (in the form of 32.5% aqueous solution) and optionally 1 partof a wetting agent are added. This dyebath is entered with 100 g of acotton fabric. Further operation is as indicated in Use Example 1. Theresult is a jet black dyeing having very good fastness properties.

Use Example 3

2 parts of a dye mixture in accordance with Example 9, 128-147, 275-294,436 or 444, 477, 601-607, 645-652, 719, 829, 974-983, 1019-1028, 1090,1183 are dissolved in 999 parts of water, and 5 parts of sodiumcarbonate, 0.7 part of sodium hydroxide (in the form of 32.5% aqueoussolution) and optionally 1 part of a wetting agent are added. Thisdyebath is entered with 100 g of a cotton fabric. Further operation isas indicated in Use Example 1. The result is a strong navy to graydyeing having very good fastness properties.

Use Example 4

4 parts of a dye mixture in accordance with Example 9, 128-147, 275-294,436 or 444, 477, 601-607, 645-652, 719, 829, 974-983, 1019-1028, 1090,1183 and 5 parts of sodium chloride are dissolved in 999 parts of water,and 7 parts of sodium carbonate, 0.7 part of sodium hydroxide (in theform of 32.5% aqueous solution) and optionally 1 part of a wetting agentare added. This dyebath is entered with 100 g of a cotton fabric.Further operation is as indicated in Use Example 1. The result is astrong grayish blue to black dyeing having very good fastnessproperties.

Use Example 5

8 parts of a dye mixture in accordance with Example 9, 128-147, 275-294,436 or 444, 477, 601-607, 645-652, 719, 829, 974-983, 1019-1028, 1090,1183 and 10 parts of sodium chloride are dissolved in 997 parts ofwater, and 10 parts of sodium carbonate, 1.3 parts of sodium hydroxide(in the form of 32.5% aqueous solution) and optionally 1 part of awetting agent are added. This dyebath is entered with 100 g of a cottonfabric. Further operation is as indicated in Use Example 1. The resultis a jet black dyeing having very good fastness properties.

1. Reactive dye mixtures comprising one or more dyes, of the generalformula (I),

one or more, dyes of the general formula (II),

and optionally one or more dyes of the general formula (III),

where: D¹, D², D³, D⁴ and D⁵ are independently each a group of thegeneral formula (1)

where R¹ and R² independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,(C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido, ureidoor halogen; and X¹ is hydrogen or a group of the formula —SO₂-Z, where Zis —CH═CH₂, —CH₂CH₂Z¹ or hydroxyl, where Z¹ is hydroxyl or analkali-eliminable group, or D¹, D², D³, D⁴ and D⁵ independently are eacha naphthyl group of the general formula (2)

where R³ and R⁴ independently are each hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,(C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido, ureidoor halogen; and X² is as defined for X¹; or D¹, D², D³, D⁴ and D⁵ areindependently each a group of the general formula (3)

where R⁵ and R⁶ independently have one of the meanings of R¹ and R²; R⁷is hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, or phenyl which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, sulfo, halogen orcarboxyl; and Z² is a group of the general formula (4) or (5) or (6)

where V is fluorine or chlorine; U¹, and U² are independently eachfluorine, chlorine or hydrogen; and Q¹, and Q² are independently eachchlorine, fluorine, cyanamido, hydroxyl, (C₁-C₆)-alkoxy, phenoxy,sulfophenoxy, mercapto, (C₁-C₆)-alkylmercapto, pyridino,carboxypyridino, carbamoylpyridino or a group of the general formula (7)or (8)

where R⁸ is hydrogen or (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, sulfo-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl or phenylwhich is unsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy,sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido; R⁹ and R¹⁰ independentlyhave one of the meanings of R⁸ or form a cyclic ring system of theformula —(CH₂)_(j)— where j is 4 or 5, or alternatively—(CH₂)₂-E-(CH₂)₂—, where E is oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl or —NR¹¹, whereR¹¹ is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl; W is phenylene which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1 or 2 substituents, such as wherein the substituent(s)are (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, carboxyl, sulfo, chloro or bromo, oris (C₁-C₄)-alkylene-arylene or (C₂-C₆)-alkylene, which is optionallyinterrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl, amino, carbonyl or carboxamido,or is phenylene-CONH-phenylene, which is unsubstituted or substituted by(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureidoor halogen, or is naphthylene, which is unsubstituted or substituted byone or two sulfo groups; and Z is as defined above; or D¹, D², D³, D⁴and D⁵ independently are each a group of the general formula (9)

where R¹² is hydrogen (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, aryl or a substituted aryl radical;R¹³ and R¹⁴ independently are hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄) alkoxy,hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido, ureido or halogen; and Ais a phenylene group of the general formula (10)

where R¹⁵ and R¹⁶ independently are hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,(C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido, ureidoor halogen; or A is a naphthylene group of the general formula (11)

where R¹⁷ and R¹⁸ independently are hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,(C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, cyano, nitro, amido, ureidoor halogen; or A is a polymethylene group of the general formula (12)—(CR¹⁹R²⁰)_(k)—  (12) where k is an integer greater than 1 and R¹⁹ andR²⁰ independently are hydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl,cyano, amido, halogen or aryl; and X³ has one of the meanings of X¹; andR⁰ is a group of the general formula (4) or (5) or is a group of thegeneral formula (13)

where; R²¹ is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, carboxy-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl or phenyl which isunsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, sulfo,halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido; and b, f and v independently areeach 0 or 1; and R*, and R** independently are each hydrogen,(C₁-C₄)-alkyl or a group of the formula (14)—CH₂—SO₃M  (14); T is hydroxyl or NH₂, and if T is NH₂ v is 0, and M ishydrogen, an alkali metal or an equivalent of an alkaline earth metal,with the exception of mixtures composed of dyes of the general formula(I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R¹ and R^(2′) independently are each hydrogen orsulfo and X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula SO₂Z where Z is asdefined above, and of dyes of the general formula (II), where R* and R**independently are each hydrogen or (C₁-C₄)-alkyl. and the dyes of thegeneral formula (I)-(III) contain at least one fiber-reactive group ofthe formula —SO₂-Z or -Z².
 2. Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim1, comprising one or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and definedgeneral formula (I)

one or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (II)

and one or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (III)

where D¹, D², D³, D⁴, D⁵, T, R⁰, R*, R**, b, f, v, and M are as definedin claim
 1. 3. Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 1, comprisingone or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (1),

one or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (II)

and one or more dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined generalformula (III-a)

where D¹, D², D³, D⁴, D⁵, R⁰, R*, R**, f and M are as defined inclaim
 1. 4. Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 1, comprising oneor more dyes of the general formula (I),

and one or more, dyes of the general formula (II-a)

where D¹, D², D³, D⁴, R* and M are as defined in claim
 1. 5. Dyemixtures as claimed in claim 1, comprising one or more dyes of thegeneral formula (I),

and one or more dyes of the general formula (II-b)

where R^(21b) and R^(22b) independently are each hydrogen or(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, D¹, D², D³, D⁴ and M are as defined in claim 1, exceptingfrom the general formula (I) the dyes of the general formula (I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R¹ and R^(2′) independently are each hydrogen orsulfo and X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula —SO₂ Z, where Z is asdefined in claim
 1. 6. Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 1,comprising one or more monoazo dyes of the formula (15) and/or one ormore monoazo dyes of the formula (16) each at 0.5 to 6% by weight

where D² and M are as defined in claim
 1. 7. Reactive dye mixtures asclaimed in claim 1, comprising one or more monoazo dyes of the generalformulae (17) to (18), each in an amount of 0-10% by weight

where M, R*, R** and D³ are as defined in claim
 1. 8. Reactive dyemixtures as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one dyecorresponding to the general formulae (Ga)-(Gf) as a further mixing orshading component

where D⁶, D⁷, D⁸, D⁹, and D¹⁰ possess one of the meanings of D¹, D², D³,D⁴ or D⁵, and D⁶, if R³¹ is not a group of the general formula (4) or(5), and also D⁷ or D⁸ and D¹⁰ contain at least one fiber-reactive groupof the formula —SO₂Z or Z²; R³¹ is hydrogen, acetyl, carbamoyl,sulfomethyl, or a group of the general formula (4-1) or (5-1),

where V¹ is fluoro or chloro; U¹¹ and U²¹ independently are each fluoro,chloro or hydrogen; and Q¹¹ and Q²¹ independently are each chloro,fluoro, cyanamide, hydroxyl, (C₁-C₆)-alkoxy, phenoxy, sulfophenoxy,mercapto, (C₁-C₆)-alkylmercapto, pyridino, carboxypyridino,carbamoylpyridino or a group of the general formula (7-1) or (8-1)

where R⁸¹ is hydrogen or (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, sulfo-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl, or phenylwhich is unsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy,sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido; R⁹¹ and R¹⁰⁰independently each have one of the meanings of R⁸¹ or form a cyclic ringsystem of the formula —(CH₂)_(j)— where j is 4 or 5, or alternatively—(CH₂)₂-E-(CH₂)₂—, where E is oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl or —NR¹¹ whereR¹¹ is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl; W¹ is phenylene which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1 or 2 substituents, such as (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,(C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, carboxyl, sulfo, chloro or bromo, or is(C₁-C₄)-alkylene-arylene or (C₂-C₆)-alkylene which is optionallyinterrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl, amino, carbonyl or carboxamido,or is phenylene-CONH-phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureidoor halogen, or is naphthalene which is unsubstituted or substituted byone or two sulfo groups; and Z is as defined in claim 1, and R³² ishydrogen or sulfomethyl, R³³ is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl withC₁- to C₄-alkyl, R³⁴ is hydrogen or methyl, R³⁵ is hydrogen, cyano,carbamoyl, carboxyl or sulfomethyl, R³⁶ methyl, ethyl or β-sulfoethyl,R³⁷ is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl with C₁- to C₄-alkyl, R³⁸ isacetamido, ureido or methyl, R³⁹ is hydrogen, methyl or methoxy, m is 0or 1, n is 1, 2 or 3, Z³ has one of the meanings of Z², and M and Z areas defined in claim 1, of the abovementioned meanings, with theexception of mixtures composed of dyes of the general formula (I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R^(1′) and R^(2′) independently are each hydrogen orsulfo and X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula —SO₂Z, where Z is asdefined in claim 1, of dyes of the general formula (II), where R* andR** independently are each hydrogen or (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, and of dyes of thegeneral formula (Gb), where R³² is hydrogen.
 9. Reactive dye mixtures asclaimed in claim 1, wherein Z is vinyl, β-chloroethyl or β-sulfatoethyl.10. Reactive dye mixtures as claimed claim 1, wherein Q¹ and Q² in thegeneral formula (5) are independently each fluoro, chloro, cyanamido,morpholino, 2-sulfophenylamino, 3-sulfophenylamino, 4-sulfophenylamino,3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,N-methyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino orN-phenyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino.
 11. Reactive dyemixtures as claimed in claim 1, comprising at least one dye of thegeneral formula (I-b)

and at least one dye of the general formula (II-c)

where, if R* is hydrogen or C₁ to C₄ alkyl, in the general formula (I-b)R¹⁰¹ and R¹⁰² independently are each hydrogen or sulfo if R¹⁰³ ishydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen and R¹⁰⁴ isC₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen, or R¹⁰³ and R¹⁰⁴independently are each hydrogen or sulfo if R¹⁰¹ is hydrogen,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen and R¹⁰² is C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₄-alkoxy, carboxyl or halogen; R¹⁰⁵ to R¹⁰⁸ independently are each phydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, sulfo, carboxyl or halogen, R* isas defined in claim 1, and Z in formula (I-b) and (II-c) is vinyl orβ-sulfatoethyl.
 12. Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 1,comprising at least one dye of the general formula (I-b),

at least one dye of the general formula (II-c)

and at least one dye of the general formula (II-b)

where M, Z, and R⁰ are as defined in claim 1 and R¹⁰¹ to R¹¹⁰independently are each hydrogen, methyl, methoxy or sulfo.
 13. Reactivedye mixtures as claimed in claim 11, further comprising one or more dyesof the general formula (Ga) to (Gf)

where D⁶, D⁷, D⁸, D⁹, and D¹⁰ possess one of the meanings of D¹, D², D³,D⁴ or D⁵, and D⁶, if R³¹ is not a group of the general formula (4) or(5), and also D⁷ or D⁸ and D¹⁰ contain at least one fiber-reactive groupof the formula —SO₂ or Z²; R³¹ is hydrogen, acetyl, carbamoyl,sulfomethyl, or a group of the general formula (4-1) or (5-1),

where V¹ is fluoro or chloro; U¹¹ and U²¹ independently are each fluoro,chloro or hydrogen; and Q¹¹ and Q²¹ independently are each chloro,fluoro, cyanamido, hydroxyl, (C₁-C₆)-alkoxy, phenoxy, sulfophenoxy,mercapto, (C₁-C₆)-alkylmercapto, pyridino, carboxypyridino,carbamoylpyridino or a group of the general formula (7-1) or (8-1)

where R⁸¹ is hydrogen or (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, sulfo-C₁-C₆)-alkyl, or phenylwhich is unsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy,sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido; R⁹¹ and R¹⁰⁰independently each have one of the meanings of R⁸¹ or form a cyclic ringsystem of the formula —(CH₂)_(j)— where j is 4 or 5, or alternatively—(CH₂)₂-E-(CH₂)₂— where E is oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl or —NR¹¹ where R¹¹is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl; W¹ is phenylene which is unsubstituted or substitutedby 1 or 2 substituents, such as (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, carboxyl,sulfo, chloro or bromo, or is (C₁-C₄)-alkylene-arylene or(C₂-C₆)-alkylene which is optionally interrupted by oxygen, sulfur,sulfonyl, amino, carbonyl or carboxamido, or is phenylene-CONH-phenylenewhich is unsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy,hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureido or halogen, or is naphthalenewhich is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two sulfo groups; and Zis —CH═CH₂, —CH₂CH₂Z¹ or hydroxyl, where Z¹ is hydroxyl or analkali-eliminable group, R³² is hydrogen or sulfomethyl, R³³ is methyl,carboxyl or carboxyalkyl with C₁- to C₄-alkyl, R³⁴ is hydrogen ormethyl, R³⁵ is hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, carboxyl or sulfomethyl, R³⁶methyl, ethyl or β-sulfoethyl, R³⁷ is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkylwith C₁- to C₄-alkyl, R³⁸ is acetamido, ureido or methyl, R³⁹ ishydrogen, methyl or methoxy, m is 0 or 1, n is 1, 2 or 3, Z³ has one ofthe meanings of Z², Z² is a group of the general formula (4) or (5) or(6)

where V is fluorine or chlorine; U¹, and U² are independently eachfluorine, chlorine or hydrogen; and Q¹, and Q² are independently eachchlorine, fluorine, cyanamido, hydroxyl, (C₁-C₆)-alkoxy, phenoxy,sulfophenoxy, mercapto, (C₁-C₆)-alkylmercapto, pyridino,carboxypyridino, carbamoylpyridino or a group of the general formula (7)or (8)

where R⁸ is hydrogen or (C₁-C₆)-alkyl, sulfo-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl or phenylwhich is unsubstituted or substituted by (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy,sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido; R⁹ and R¹⁰ independentlyhave one of the meanings of R⁸ or form a cyclic ring system of theformula —(CH₂)_(j)— where j is 4 or 5, or alternatively—(CH₂)₂-E-(CH₂)₂— where E is oxygen sulfur, sulfonyl or —NR¹¹, where R¹¹is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl; W is phenylene which is unsubstituted or substitutedby 1 or 2 substituents, such wherein the substituent(s) are(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, carboxyl, sulfo, chloro or bromo, or is(C₁-C₄)-alkylene-arylene or (C₂-C₆)-alkylene, which is optionallyinterrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl, amino, carbonyl or carboxamido,or is phenylene-CONH-phenylene, alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl,amido, ureido or halogen, or is naphthylene, which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by one or two sulfo groups; and Z is as defined above; orand M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or an equivalent of an alkaline earthmetal, with the exception of mixtures composed of dyes of the generalformula (I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R^(1′) and R^(2′) independently are each hydrogen orsulfo and X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula —SO₂Z, where Z is asdefined above, of dyes of the general formula (II), where R* and R**independently are each hydrogen or (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, and of dyes of thegeneral formula (Gb), where R³² is hydrogen.
 14. Reactive dye mixturesas claimed in claim 8, comprising at least one dye of the generalformula (I-b),

at least one dye of the general formula (II-c)

at least one dye of the general formula (III-c)

and at least one dye of the general formulae (Ga) to (Gf), where R* ishydrogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl or a group of the formula (14)—CH₂—SO₃M  (14); M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or an equivalent of analkaline earth metal, Z is —CH═CH₂, —CH₂CH₂Z¹ or hydroxyl, where Z¹ ishydroxyl or an alkali-eliminable group, f is 0 or 1 R^(10l) to R¹⁰⁸ andR²⁰¹ and R²⁰² independently are each hydrogen, methyl, methoxy or sulfo,and D⁶ to D¹⁰, R³¹ to R³⁹, m, n and Z³ are as defined in claim
 8. 15.Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 1, comprising one or more dyesof the formula (I) in a fraction of 25 to 99% by weight and one or moredyes of the formula (II) in a fraction of 1 to 75% by weight 16.Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 2, comprising one or more dyesof the formula (1) in a fraction of 30 to 95% by weight and one or moredyes of the formulae (II) and (III) independently each in a fraction of1 to 65% by weight.
 17. Reactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 8,comprising one or more dyes of the formula (I) in a fraction of 30 to95% by weight and one or more dyes of the formulae (II) and (Ga)-(Gf)independently each in a fraction of 1 to 65% by weight.
 18. Reactive dyemixtures as claimed in claim 8, comprising one or more dyes of theformula (1) in a fraction of 30 to 95% by weight and one or more dyes ofthe formulae (II), (III), and (Ga)-(Gf) independently each in a fractionof 1 to 65% by weight.
 19. A process for producing dye mixtures asclaimed in claim 1 which comprises mixing the individual dyes of theformulae (I), (II), and optionally formula (III) and optionally formulae(Ga)-(Gf)

where D⁶, D⁷, D⁸, D⁹ and D¹⁰ possess one of the meanings of D¹, D², D³,D⁴ or D⁵, and D⁶, if R³¹ is not a group of the general formula (4) or(5), and also D⁷ or D⁸ and D¹⁰ contain at least one fiber-reactive groupof the formula —SO₂Z or Z²; R³¹ is hydrogen, acetyl, carbamoyl,sulfomethyl, or a group of the general formula (4-1) or (5-1),

where V¹ is fluoro or chloro; U¹¹ and U²¹ independently are each fluoro,chloro or hydrogen; and Q¹¹ and Q²¹ independently are each chloro,fluoro, cyanamido, hydroxyl, (C₁-C₆)-alkoxyl, phenoxy, sulfophenoxy,mercapto, (C₁-C₆)-alkylmercapto, pyridino, carboxypyridino,carbamoylpyridino or a group of the general formula (7-1) or (8-1),

where R⁸¹ is hydrogen or (C₁₋₆)-alkyl, sulfo-(C₁-C₆)-alkyl, or phenylwhich is unsubstituted or substituted by C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy,sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido; R⁹¹ and R¹⁰⁰independently each have one of the meanings of R⁸¹ or form a cyclic ringsystem of the formula —(CH₂)_(j)— where j is 4 or 5, or alternatively—(CH₂)₂-E-(CH₂)₂—, where E is oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl or —NR¹¹ whereR¹¹ is (C₁-C₆)-alkyl; W¹ is phenylene which is unsubstituted orsubstituted by 1 or 2 substituents, such as (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,(C₁-C₄)-alkoxy carboxyl, sulfo chloro or bromo, or is(C₁-C₄)-alkylene-arylene or (C₂-C₆)-alkylene which is optionallyinterrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfonyl, amino, carbonyl or carboxamido,or is phenylene-CONH-phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureidoor halogen, or is naphthalene which is unsubstituted or substituted byone or two sulfo groups; and Z is as defined in claim 1, and R³² ishydrogen or sulfomethyl, R³³ is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl withC₁- to C₄-alkyl, R³⁴ is hydrogen or methyl, R³⁵ is hydrogen, cyano,carbamoyl, carboxyl, or sulfomethyl, R³⁶ methyl, ethyl or β-sulfoethyl,R³⁷ is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl with C₁- to C₄-alkyl R³⁸ isacetamido, ureido or methyl, R³⁹ is hydrogen, methyl or methoxy, m is or1, n is 1, 2 or 3, Z³ has one of the meanings of Z², and M and Z are asdefined in claim 1, of the abovementioned meanings, with the exceptionof mixtures composed of dyes of the general formula (I-a)

where R¹ and R² and R^(1′) and R^(2′) independently are each hydrogen orsulfo and X¹ and X^(1′) are a group of the formula —SO₂Z, where Z is asdefined in claim 1, of dyes of the general formula (II), where R* andR** independently are each hydrogen or (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, and of dyes of thegeneral formula (Gb), where R³² is hydrogen. in a defined ratio with oneanother mechanically in solid form or in the form of the aqueoussolutions.
 20. A process for producing dye mixtures as claimed in claim1, where D¹, D⁴, and, optionally, D⁵ as per the general formulae (I),(II), and optionally, (III) possess the same definition (D¹=D⁴=D⁵),which comprises diazotizing an amine of the general formula (19)D¹-NH₂  (19), where D¹ is as defined in claim 1, and then reacting theresulting diazonium compound with an aqueous solution or suspension of amixture in defined proportion of a monoazo dye conforming to the generalformula (15),

where D¹ and M are each as defined in claim 1, a monoazo dye conformingto the general formula (17),

where M, R*, R** and D³ are as defined in claim 1, and, optionally, acoupling component of the general formula (20)

where T, R⁰, M, f, and v are as defined in claim
 1. 21. A process forproducing dye mixtures as claimed in claim 1, where the groups D² and D³and also D¹, D⁴, and optionally D⁵ as per the general formulae (I),(II), and optionally (III) possess the same definition (D²=D³ andD¹=D⁴=D⁵), which comprises diazotizing an amine of the general formula(21),D²NH₂  (21), where D² is as defined in claim 1, and coupling the productto a mixture of the coupling components of the general formulae (22) and(23)

where M, R* and R** are as defined in claim 1 in a first stage, addingoptionally a further coupling component of the general formula (20)

where T, R⁰, M, f, and v are as defined in claim 1, to the resultantreaction mixture, and then diazotizing an amine of the general formula(19)D¹-NH₂  (19), wherein D¹ is as defined in claim 1, and coupling theproduct to the resulting mixture of the monoazo dyes of the generalformulae (15) and (17)

where D² and M are each as defined in claim 1,

where M, R*, R** and D³ are as defined in claim 1 and also, the couplingcomponent of the general formula (20).
 22. A process for producing dyemixtures as claimed in claim 1 where the groups D¹ to D⁵ as per thegeneral formulae (I), (II), and optionally (III) possess the samedefinition (D¹=D²=D³=D⁴=D⁵), which comprises conventionally diazotizingan amine of the general formula (19)D¹-NH₂  (9), where D¹ is as defined in claim 1, and coupling the productto a mixture in defined proportion of the coupling components of thegeneral formulae (22), (23),

where M, R* and R** are as defined in claim 1, and optionally (20)

where T, R⁰, M, f, and v are as defined in claim 1, in a first stage togive a mixture of the monoazo dyes of the general formulae (15) and (17)

where D² and M are each as defined in claim 1,

where M, R*, R** and D³ are as defined in claim 1, and also optionallythe coupling component of the general formula (20), and subsequentlyraising the pH to carry out the second coupling to give the mixture ofthe dyes of the formulae (I), (II), and optionally a dye of the formula(III).
 23. An aqueous liquid preparation comprising a dye mixture asclaimed in claim 1 with a total dye content of 5-50% by weight. 24.(canceled)
 25. A process for dyeing which comprises contacting thereactive dye mixtures as claimed in claim 1 with a hydroxyl- and/orcarboxamido-containing fiber material.
 26. Dyes mixtures as claimed inclaim 5, which comprises 1 or 2 dyes of said general formula (I) and 1or 2 dyes of said general formula (II-b).